Growth of superconducting and non-superconducting whiskers in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) system

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3358-3367

  Badica, P ^a,b   Togano, K ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

NON-SUPERCONDUCTING WHISKERS; SUPERCONDUCTING WHISKERS; WHISKERS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 30544444538     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2005.0413     Document Type: Article

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