Low-cost Approaches for Flux-pinning Enhancements in YBCO Films Using Solution Processing

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:1021934

Sathyamurthy, Srivatsan ^[1]; Leonard, Keith J ^[1]; Bhuiyan, Md S ^[1]; Aytug, Tolga ^[1]; Kang, Sukill ^[1]; Martin, Patrick M ^[1]; Hunt, Rodney Dale ^[1]; Paranthaman, Mariappan Parans ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Nanoparticles of several oxides have been synthesized using reverse micelle process. Microemulsions containing n-octane as the oil phase, cetyl trimethylammonium bromide and 1-butanol as surfactants, and an aqueous solution of metal nitrates and sodium hydroxide were used as the reaction medium. The nanoparticles obtained were characterized using differential thermal analysis, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The application of these particles for flux-pinning enhancements has been studied.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: OE USDOE - Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1021934
• Resource Relation: Conference: Applied Superconducting Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, 20060827, 20060901
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BROMIDES
COST
DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
FILMS
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MAGNETIC FLUX
MEETINGS
METALS
MICROEMULSIONS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NITRATES
OXIDES
PARTICLES
PROCESSING
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
SURFACTANTS
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
USES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION