Role of carbon in enhancing the performance of MgB2 superconductor

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 467, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Awana, V P S ^a,b   Vajpayee, Arpita ^a   Mudgel, Monika ^a   Rawat, Rajeev ^c   Acharya, Somobrata ^c   Kishan, H ^a   Takayama Muromachi, E ^b   Narlikar, A V ^b   Felner, I ^d  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Critical current density; Flux pinning; MgB2 superconductor; Nano particle doping

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CURRENT DENSITY; FLUX PINNING; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SILICON CARBIDE;

BORON NETWORK; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY; NANOPARTICLE DOPING;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 36148995424     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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