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Title: | Single grain (LRE)-Ba-Cu-O superconductors fabricated by top seeded melt growth in air |
Authors: | Cardwell, DA Hari Babu, N Shi, Y Iida, K |
Keywords: | Single grain;Bulk Superconductors |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Citation: | Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2006, 43 (1), pp. 421 - 424 |
Abstract: | We have recently reported a practical processing method for the fabrication in air of large, single grain (LRE)-Ba-Cu-O [where LRE Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd] bulk superconductors that exhibit high Tc and high Jc. The process is based initially on the development of a new type of generic seed crystal that can promote effectively the epitaxial nucleation of any (RE)-Ba-Cu-O system and, secondly, by suppressing the formation of (LRE)/Ba solid solution in a controlled manner within large LRE-Ba-Cu-O grains processed in air. In this paper we investigate the degree of homogeneity of large grain Sm-Ba-Cu-O superconductors fabricated by this novel process. The technique offers a significant degree of freedom in terms of processing parameters and reproducibility in the growth of oriented single grains in air and yields bulk samples with significantly improved superconducting and field-trapping properties compared to those processed by conventional top seeded melt growth (TSMG). |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10709 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/43/1/105 |
ISSN: | 1742-6588 1742-6596 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) |
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