https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2002-00158-1
Large grain boundary area superconductors
Experimentalphysik VI, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism,
Institute of Physics, Augsburg University, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
Corresponding author: a jochen.mannhart@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Received:
25
February
2002
Published online:
6
June
2002
For many applications of polycrystalline high-Tc superconductors the small critical currents of the grain boundaries pose a severe problem. To solve this problem, we derive novel designs for the microstructure of coated conductors.
PACS: 74.76.-w – Superconducting films / 74.80.Dm – Superconducting layer structures: superlattices, heterojunctions, and multilayers / 74.50.+r – Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
