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

doi:10.1063/1.4821440

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

Authors:: Jia, Y.; LeRoux, M.; Miller, D. J.; Wen, J. G.; Kwok, W. K.; Welp, U.; Rupich, M. W.; Li, X.; Sathyamurthy, S.; Fleshler, S.; Malozemoff, A. P.; Kayani, A.; Ayala-Valenzuela, O.; Civale, L.

Publication Date:: 2013-09-16

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI Identifier:: 1385465

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 12; Related Information: CES partners with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: phonons, thermal conductivity, energy storage (including batteries and capacitors), superconductivity, defects, spin dynamics

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                    Jia, Y., LeRoux, M., Miller, D. J., Wen, J. G., Kwok, W. K., Welp, U., Rupich, M. W., Li, X., Sathyamurthy, S., Fleshler, S., Malozemoff, A. P., Kayani, A., Ayala-Valenzuela, O., and Civale, L. Doubling the critical current density of high temperature superconducting coated conductors through proton irradiation.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Jia, Y., LeRoux, M., Miller, D. J., Wen, J. G., Kwok, W. K., Welp, U., Rupich, M. W., Li, X., Sathyamurthy, S., Fleshler, S., Malozemoff, A. P., Kayani, A., Ayala-Valenzuela, O., & Civale, L. Doubling the critical current density of high temperature superconducting coated conductors through proton irradiation.  United States.  doi:10.1063/1.4821440.

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                    Jia, Y., LeRoux, M., Miller, D. J., Wen, J. G., Kwok, W. K., Welp, U., Rupich, M. W., Li, X., Sathyamurthy, S., Fleshler, S., Malozemoff, A. P., Kayani, A., Ayala-Valenzuela, O., and Civale, L. Mon .  
        "Doubling the critical current density of high temperature superconducting coated conductors through proton irradiation".  United States.  doi:10.1063/1.4821440.

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  title        = {Doubling the critical current density of high temperature superconducting coated conductors through proton irradiation},

  author       = {Jia, Y. and LeRoux, M. and Miller, D. J. and Wen, J. G. and Kwok, W. K. and Welp, U. and Rupich, M. W. and Li, X. and Sathyamurthy, S. and Fleshler, S. and Malozemoff, A. P. and Kayani, A. and Ayala-Valenzuela, O. and Civale, L.},

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  doi          = {10.1063/1.4821440},

  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2013},

  month        = {9}

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