Enhanced current flow through meandering grain boundaries in y Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Dinner, Rafael B ^a   Moler, Kathryn A ^a   Beasley, M R ^a   Feldmann, D Matthew ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED CONDUCTORS; ENHANCED CURRENT FLOW; HALL PROBE MICROSCOPY;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CURRENT DENSITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HALL EFFECT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34249743731     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2740610     Document Type: Article

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