Vortex pinning by gold nanorods in GdBa2Cu3O 7-δ thin films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3729-3732

  Horide, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Ichinose, A ^b   Mukaida, M ^c   Yoshida, Y ^d   Horii, S ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Central Research Institute   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanorods; REBCO; Thin film; Vortex pinning

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

ARTIFICIAL PINNING; VORTEX PINNING;

NANORODS;

EID: 34547436880     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.899348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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