Superconductivity suppression and flux-pinning crossover in artificial multilayers of ternary RBa2Cu3O7-δ (R = Gd, Nd, and Eu)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Cai, C ^a   Holzapfel, B ^a   Hanisch J ^a   Schultz, L ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; NEODYMIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 42749099949     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.064504     Document Type: Article

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