Future directions for cuprate conductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 3, 2011, Pages 2495-2500

  MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^a   Wimbush, Stuart C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal anisotropy engineering; Cuprate superconductors; Flux pinning; Liquid assisted growth; Tc enhancement; Uniaxial strain

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ANISOTROPY ENGINEERING; CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS; CUPRATES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; TC ENHANCEMENT; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

POINT DEFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79957941738     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2100343     Document Type: Article

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