Microstructural and superconducting properties of high current metal-organic chemical vapor deposition YBa2Cu3O 7-δ coated conductor wires

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Holesinger, T G ^a   Maiorov, B ^a   Ugurlu, O ^a   Civale, L ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Xiong, X ^b   Xie, Y ^b   Selvamanickam, V ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SUPERPOWER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A-AXIS ORIENTED GRAIN; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; COATED CONDUCTOR WIRE; CONNECTED NETWORKS; DEPOSITED LAYER; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FILM DEPOSITION; HIGH CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; HTS WIRES; INSULATING PHASIS; MANUFACTURING YIELD; MATRIX; METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEGRADATION; MOCVD; MOCVD REACTOR; MULTI-PASS; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; NANOPLATES; ORIENTED COMPOSITES; POST PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECONDARY PHASE; SELF FIELD; SEQUENTIAL ADDITION; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; THREADING DISLOCATION;

BARIUM; COPPER OXIDES; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THICK FILMS; VAPORS; WIRE; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 67650941323     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/22/4/045025     Document Type: Article

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