The lossless transmission of direct electrical currents in superconductors is very often
regarded as an “energy superhighway” with greatly enhanced efficiency. With the discovery …

Raising critical current density J c in high temperature superconductors (HTSs) is an
important strategy towards performance-cost balanced HTS technology for …

Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductors (HTSs), significant progress in the
fabrication of HTS films has been achieved. In this review, we intend to provide an overview …

Self-assembled artificial pinning centers (APCs) with controlled morphology are key to
optimal pinning in superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x (YBCO) thin films and coated …

We present the results of a study of the superconducting and paramagnetic properties of
polycrystalline Y1–x Gd x Ba2Cu3O7–δ samples. The critical current density and critical …

In this paper, we report a strong correlation between the stacking fault (SF) density and the
critical current density of Y Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) thin films in applied field (J c in-field)⁠ …

An elastic strain model was applied to evaluate the rigidity of the c-axis aligned one-
dimensional artificial pinning centers (1D-APCs) in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ matrix films. Higher …

A combined BaZrO3 (BZO) and Y2O3 nanoparticles has been achieved in YBa2Cu3O7− x
(YBCO) films by metalorganic deposition using trifluoroacetates (TFA-MOD). The formation …

Abstract Research activities in Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
(SNSPDs) have exhibited major progress over last two decades. The low dark count rate …

In this study, the performances of Y 1-x (Tb) x Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ (Y-123) and Y 3-x (Tb) x Ba 5
Cu 8 O 18-δ (Y-358) advanced ceramics prepared by sol-gel preparation route are …