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Title: Metal alkoxides and methods of making same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175192

A method of making a superconducting structure includes depositing a metal alkoxide on a surface of a metal and hydrolyzing the metal alkoxide on the surface to form a pinhole-free film. The metal is a superconductor. The metal alkoxide may be a compound of formula (I): where M is zirconium or hafnium, and the purity of the compound is at least 97% as measured by NMR spectroscopy.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER45349
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
6,838,404
Application Number:
10/044,831
OSTI ID:
1175192
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Physicochemical approach to the studies of metal alkoxides journal March 1998
Observation of Surface-Induced Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 Tunnel Junctions journal July 1997

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