Vortex pinning in Nb thin films modulated by nanospheres

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Vinckx, Wim ^a   Vanacken, Johan ^a   Moshchalkov, Victor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FLUX PINNING PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENE NANOSPHERES; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; TOPOGRAPHIC PATTERN;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748302274     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2227711     Document Type: Article

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