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Title: Enhancing critical current density of cuprate superconductors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1184531

The present invention concerns the enhancement of critical current densities in cuprate superconductors. Such enhancement of critical current densities include using wave function symmetry and restricting movement of Abrikosov (A) vortices, Josephson (J) vortices, or Abrikosov-Josephson (A-J) vortices by using the half integer vortices associated with d-wave symmetry present in the grain boundary.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
Assignee:
Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, NY)
Patent Number(s):
9,059,371
Application Number:
13/155,508
OSTI ID:
1184531
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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