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Title: Doubling the critical current density of high temperature superconducting coated conductors through proton irradiation

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4821440· OSTI ID:1385465

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1385465
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 12; Related Information: CES partners with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Los Alamos National Laboratory; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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