Pressure-induced enhancement of the critical current density in superconducting Y Ba2 Cu3 Ox bicrystalline rings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Tomita, T ^a   Schilling, J S ^a   Chen, L ^b   Veal, B W ^b   Claus, H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33748202159     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.064517     Document Type: Article

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