Nanoscale strain-induced pair suppression as a vortex-pinning mechanism in high-temperature superconductors

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-336

  Llordes A ^a   Palau, A ^a   Gazquez J ^a,b   Coll, M ^a   Vlad, R ^a   Pomar, A ^a   Arbiol, J ^a,c   Guzman R ^a   Ye, S ^a   Rouco, V ^a   Sandiumenge, F ^a   Ricart, S ^a   Puig, T ^a   Varela, M ^b   Chateigner, D ^d   Vanacken, J ^e   Gutierrez J ^e   Moshchalkov, V ^e   Deutscher, G ^f   Magen, C ^g   Obradors, X ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TENSILE STRAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFICIAL PINNING; BOND CONTRACTION; EFFECTIVE ANISOTROPY; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANO-STRUCTURED; PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS; QUANTIZED VORTEX;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84858793044     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3247     Document Type: Article

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