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Title: Enhanced pinning in YBCO films with BaZrO.sub.3 nanoparticles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176362

A process and composition of matter are provided and involve flux pinning in thin films of high temperature superconductive oxides such as YBCO by inclusion of particles including barium and a group 4 or group 5 metal, such as zirconium, in the thin film.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,737,087
Application Number:
10/900,639
OSTI ID:
1176362
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Formation of BaCeO 3 and its influence on microstructure of sintered/melt-textured Y-Ba-Cu-O oxides with CeO 2 addition journal August 1994