Enhanced flux pinning properties in self-assembled magnetic CoFe 2O4 nanoparticles doped YBa2Cu 3O7-δ thin films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Chen Fong ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Chen, Aiping ^a   Khatkhatay, Fauzia ^a   Zhang, Wenrui ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coated conductor; critical current density; ferromagnetic nanoparticles; flux pinning

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COATED CONDUCTORS; DEFECT PINNING; DOPED SAMPLE; ENHANCED FLUX PINNING; FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; IN-FIELD; IN-FIELD PERFORMANCE; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC PINNING; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NANO INCLUSION; PINNING EFFECTS; PINNING PROPERTIES; PROCESSING METHOD; SELF FIELD; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; YBCO THIN FILM;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FLUX PINNING; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 84873320325     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2013.2238277     Document Type: Article

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