Nanoscopic netted structure of compositional modulation in (Sm0.33 Eu0.33 Gd0.33) Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ superconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Hu, A ^a   Hirabayashi, I ^a   Winter, M ^b   Koblischka, M R ^b   Hartmann, U ^b   Zhou, H ^c  

^a SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MICROMETERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPOSITIONAL MODULATION; COMPOSITIONAL STRIPES; MELT PROCESSING; NETTED STRUCTURE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 17044434340     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1871348     Document Type: Article

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