Use of the polysaccharide dextran as a morphological directing agent in the synthesis of high-Tc superconducting YBa2Cu 3O7-δ sponges with improved critical current densities

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 647-649

  Walsh, Dominic ^a   Wimbush, Stuart C ^b,c   Hall, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEXTRAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

METAL NITRATE SALTS; SPUTTER COATING; SUPERCONDUCTING SPONGES; SUPERCONDUCTOR PRECURSOR SOLUTION;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 33947116395     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm0626684     Document Type: Article

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