Flux pinning by inclusions in superconductors: A combined effect of point, interface, and pinning at elevated temperatures

T Mochida, N Chikumoto, M Murakami - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
We have systematically studied the role of Nd 4 Ba 2 Cu 2 O 10 (Nd422)
nonsuperconducting inclusions for flux pinning in oxygen-controlled-melt-growth processed …

Role of nano and micron-sized inclusions on the oxygen controlled preform optimized infiltration growth processed YBCO superconductors

SPK Naik, VS Bai - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present work, with the aim of improving the local flux pinning at the unit cell level in the
YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ (YBCO) bulk superconductors, 20 wt% of nanoscale Sm 2 O 3 and micron …

Optimization of the Dy content in single crystalline GdBCO bulk superconductors fabricated in air via top-seeded infiltration growth process

S Pavan Kumar Naik, M Muralidhar… - … of Superconductivity and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Single-crystalline bulk GdBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (GdBCO) superconductors were
fabricated with top-seeded infiltration-growth technique (TSIG) in air by adding the different …

Tensile mechanical properties of (Nd, Eu, Gd)–Ba–Cu–O bulk superconductors at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures

A Murakami, K Katagiri, K Noto, K Kasaba… - Physica C …, 2002 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the mechanical properties of a recently developed high performance
melt-processed (Nd, Eu, Gd) Ba2Cu3Oy (NEG-123) single grain bulk superconductor …

The effect of resolidification on preform optimized infiltration growth processed (Y, Nd, Sm, Gd) BCO, multi-grain bulk superconductor

SPK Naik, VS Bai - Cryogenics, 2017 - Elsevier
Controlling the microstructure of superconductors by incorporating the flux pinning centers
and reducing the macro-defects to improve high field performance is the topic of recent …

Effect of Eu/Gd ratio on flux pinning in (Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O

M Muralidhar, M Murakami - Superconductor Science and …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We have studied the magnetic properties of (Nd 0.33 Eu x Gd (0.66-x)) Ba 2 Cu 3 O y bulk
samples prepared by the oxygen-controlled melt-growth (OCMG) process, in which x ranged …

Magnetization of Gd diffused YBa2Cu3O7− x superconductor: Experiment and theory

F Inanir, Ş Yildiz, K Ozturk, S Çelebi - Chinese Physics B, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The magnetization of Gd diffused YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x is measured by a vibrating sample
magnetometer (VSM) at selected temperatures (5, 25, 50, 77 K). The experimental results for …

(Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O superconductors with combined addition of CeO2 and Pt

M Muralidhar, MR Koblischka… - … Science and Technology, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
A combination of CeO 2 and Pt doping has been performed for oxygen-controlled melt-
growth processed (Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O with the aim of refining the (Nd, Eu, Gd) 2 BaCuO 5 …

Embedding of 211 particles in NEG-123 superconductors

M Muralidhar, MR Koblischka… - … Science and Technology, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the embedding of insulating 211 particles into ternary 123 superconductors of
the type (Nd 0.33 Eu 0.33 Gd 0.33) Ba 2 Cu 3 O y (NEG). It is found that the externally added …

Effect of different nanoscale RE2BaCuO5 additions on the formation of compositional fluctuation in Sm–Ba–Cu–O superconducting bulk materials

SY Chen, IG Chen, YC Liao, MK Wu - Journal of materials research, 2005 - cambridge.org
This study presents the effect of different nanoscale RE211 additions—Y2BaCuO5
(nmY211), Sm2BaCuO5 (nmSm211), and Nd4Ba2Cu2O10 (nmNd422)—on the nano-scale …