Flux pinning in PrFeAsO0.9 and NdFeAsO0.9 F 0.1 superconducting crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Van Der Beek, C J ^a   Rizza, G ^a   Konczykowski, M ^a   Fertey, P ^b   Monnet, I ^c   Klein, Thierry ^d   Okazaki, R ^e   Ishikado, M ^f   Kito, H ^g,h   Iyo, A ^g,h   Eisaki, H ^g,h   Shamoto, S ^f,h   Tillman, M E ⁱ   Bud'Ko, S L ⁱ   Canfield, P C ⁱ   Shibauchi, T ^e   Matsuda, Y ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^h JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955451416     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.174517     Document Type: Article

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