High current superconductivity in FeSe 0.5 Te 0.5-coated conductors at 30 tesla

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Si, Weidong ^a   Han, Su Jung ^a   Shi, Xiaoya ^a   Ehrlich, Steven N ^b   Jaroszynski, J ^c   Goyal, Amit ^d   Li, Qiang ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CERIUM OXIDE; HELIUM; IRON CHALCOGENIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ANISOTROPY; COATING; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HELIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; FILM; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84881355830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2337     Document Type: Article

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