Low-Cost Approaches for Flux-Pinning Enhancements in YBCO Films Using Solution Processing

Author

Sathyamurthy, S. ; Leonard, K.J. ; Bhuiyan, M.S. ; Aytug, T. ; Kang, S. ; Hunt, R.D. ; Martin, P.M. ; Paranthaman, M.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Oak Ridge

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3668

Lastpage

3671

Abstract

Nanoparticles of several oxides have been synthesized using reverse micelle process. Microemulsions containing n-octane as the oil phase, cetyl trimethylammonium bromide and 1-butanol as surfactants, and an aqueous solution of metal nitrates and sodium hydroxide were used as the reaction medium. The nanoparticles obtained were characterized using differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The application of these particles for flux-pinning enhancements has been studied.

Keywords

barium compounds; colloids; differential thermal analysis; flux pinning; high-temperature superconductors; microemulsions; nanoparticles; organic compounds; superconducting thin films; surfactants; transmission electron microscopy; yttrium compounds; 1-butanol; X-ray diffraction; YBCO films; YBa₂Cu₃O; aqueous solution; cetyl trimethylammonium bromide; differential thermal analysis; flux-pinning enhancements; high temperature superconductors; metal nitrates; microemulsions; n-octane; oil phase; oxide nanoparticles; reaction medium; reverse micelle process; sodium hydroxide; solution processing; surfactants; transmission electron microscopy; Conductors; Electrons; Flux pinning; Laboratories; Magnetic films; Nanoparticles; Petroleum; Pulsed laser deposition; X-ray diffraction; Yttrium barium copper oxide; Flux-pinning; high temperature superconductors; oxide nanoparticles; reverse micelle process;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2007.898885

Filename

4278259