Table Of ContentPaolo Mele · Kosmas Prassides
Chiara Tarantini · Anna Palau · Petre Badica
Alok K. Jha · Tamio Endo Editors
Superconductivity
From Materials Science to Practical
Applications
Superconductivity
Paolo Mele • Kosmas Prassides (cid:129) Chiara Tarantini
Anna Palau (cid:129) Petre Badica (cid:129) Alok K. Jha
Tamio Endo
Editors
Superconductivity
From Materials Science to Practical
Applications
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Editors
PaoloMele KosmasPrassides
SITResearchLaboratories OsakaPrefectureUniversity
ShibauraInst.Tech.(Omiyacampus) Sakai
Tokyo,Japan Osaka,Japan
ChiaraTarantini AnnaPalau
AppliedSuperconductivityCenter, CampusUAB
NationalHighMagneticFieldLaboratory InstituteofMaterialScienceofBarcelona,
FloridaStateUniversity ICMAB-CSIC
Tallahassee,FL,USA Bellaterra,Spain
PetreBadica AlokK.Jha
LabofMagnetism&Superconductivity DepartmentofMaterialsScienceand
NationalInstituteofMaterialsPhysics Engineering
Magurele,Romania KyushuInstituteofTechnology
Kitakyushu,Japan
TamioEndo
JapanAdvancedChemicals
Atsugi,Japan
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Scope of the Book
Superconductingmaterialsareanenablingtechnologyforfuturesustainableenergy
production, transport and storage, as well as for medical applications, novel
electronicdevicesandfundamentalresearch.
Over the last 30 years, several new medium- and high-temperature supercon-
ductingmaterialshavebeendiscovered(cuprates,MgB ,Fe-basedpnictides),while
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thematerialsscienceoftraditionallow-temperaturesuperconductors,includingthe
classical metallic superconductors Nb-Ti and Nb Sn, has progressed. Up to now,
3
themajorityofapplicationsarestillbasedonlow-temperaturesuperconductorsthat
require cooling by liquid helium. Great efforts are still required to improve the
existent or discover new high-temperature superconducting materials for practical
applications, as well as to develop more effective materials processing, microfab-
rication and cryogenic technologies. Moreover, identifying and improving vortex
pinning mechanisms in superconductors is one of the major challenges nowadays
foritsrelevanceinapplicationsrequiringmanipulationoffluxquantaorenhanced
criticalcurrents.
This book aims to bridge the gap between materials science and applications
of superconductors while being aware of the importance of understanding the
fundamental phenomena underlying these materials. The purpose is to collect
the state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies involved in superconducting
materialsgrowth,characterizationandprocessing.
This book will give a deep insight in the intriguing science of superconducting
materials. It serves as a fundamental information source on the actual techniques
andmethodologiesinvolvedinsuperconductingmaterialsgrowth,characterization
and processing. This book involves widespread contributions on several cate-
goriesofmedium-andhigh-temperaturesuperconductingmaterials:cuprateoxides,
borides and iron-based chalcogenides and pnictides. Synthesis, characterization
and processing of superconducting materials will be covered, as well as the
nanoengineering approach to tailor the properties of the used materials at the
nanoscalelevel.Spacewillbededicatedtotheimportanttopicsofgrainboundaries
effects and interfacial superconductivity. The state of the art of films added with
artificialpinningcentreswillalsobediscussed.
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This book will be invaluable to the experts to consolidate their knowledge and
provideinsightandinspirationtobeginnerswishingtolearnaboutsuperconducting
materials.
Introduction
This book originates from the Symposium A-3 ‘Superconducting materials and
applications’ organized in the framework of the conference IUMRS-ICAM 2017
(InternationalUnionofMaterialsResearchSocieties—Internationalconferenceon
Advancedmaterials)fromAugust27toSeptember1,2017,atYoshidaCampusof
KyotoUniversity,inKyoto,Japan(http://www.iumrs-icam2017.org/).
The Symposium A-3 (http://www.iumrs-icam2017.org/program/forums/a-3.
html) focused on state of the art of superconductivity, from materials science to
applications. Its wide scope covered a variety of topics: metals, alloys, oxides,
sulphides, selenides, and Fe-based superconducting materials, in the form of thin
films and bulk, single crystals; considering synthesis and characterization, devices
development, theory and applications, Symposium A-3 was highly successful,
extending for 4 days (Monday–Thursday), with 19 sessions/in parallel (one of the
onlythreesymposiainIUMRS-ICAMorganizedwithparallelsessions).
Symposium A-3 counted 79 talks (10 keynotes—49 invited) and 12 posters.
High level of presentations and lively discussion contributed to the quality of the
symposium.
Socialpartwasalsoincluded,withasymposiumdinneronAugust29ontheroof
gardenofafamoushotelonKamoRiver,thepulsingheartofhistoricalKyotoCity.
SymposiumA-3wasoneofthe‘BilateralMRS-J/E-MRS’symposiaatIUMRS-
ICAM 2017. Financial support from MRS-J and endorsement by THO (Team
HarmonizedOxides,Japan)areacknowledged.
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Many outstanding oral and invited presentations were given during the sympo-
sium.Thesymposiumorganizerswereinspiredbythemtodisclosesuchexcellent
papers to the widest scientific community. This is a reason why we invited our
distinguished colleagues to share their results and we publish this book entitled
Superconductivity:FromMaterialsSciencetoPracticalApplications.
Tokyo,Japan PaoloMele
Osaka,Japan KosmasPrassides
Tallahassee,FL,USA ChiaraTarantini
Barcelona,Spain AnnaPalau
Magurele,Romania PetreBadica
Kitakyushu,Japan AlokK.Jha
Mie,Japan TamioEndo
May9,2019
Contents
1 TargetedSelectionandCharacterisationofContemporary
HTSWiresforSpecificApplications ..................................... 1
StuartC.Wimbush
2 Pinning Efficiency of Artificial Pinning Centers
inSuperconductorNanocompositeFilms................................ 29
JudyWu,BibekGautam,andVictorOgunjimi
3 Control of Vortex Pinning in YBCO Thin Films by
IncorporatingAPCsThroughSurfaceModifiedTarget
Approach .................................................................... 53
AlokK.JhaandKanameMatsumoto
4 ProgressinThickFilm2G-HTSDevelopment.......................... 73
GoranMajkic
5 SuperconductingYBa2Cu3O7−δ NanocompositeFilmsUsing
PreformedZrO NanocrystalsviaChemicalSolutionDeposition.... 133
2
H.RijckaertandI.VanDriessche
6 HighVortexActivationEnergiesintheACMagneticResponse
ofSuperconductorsClosetotheDCIrreversibilityLine .............. 169
LucicaMiu,IonIvan,AlinaM.Ionescu,AdrianCrisan,DanaMiu,
TraianPetrisor,andPaoloMele
7 An Atomic-Scale Perspective of the Challenging
MicrostructureofYBa2Cu3O7−xThinFilms ........................... 189
BernatMundet,RogerGuzmán,ElenaBartolomé,AndrewR.Lupini,
StevenHartman,RohanMishra,andJaumeGázquez
8 Growth,Properties,andDeviceFabricationofIron-Based
SuperconductorThin-Films............................................... 213
HidenoriHiramatsuandHideoHosono
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9 FuturePotentialofNewHighT Iron-BasedSuperconductors....... 243
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ShivJ.SinghandPaoloMele
10 GrainBoundariesinFe-BasedSuperconductors ....................... 269
JensHänischandKazumasaIida
11 Control of the Critical Current Density Through
MicrostructuralDesignbyHo O andTeCo-additioninto
2 3
MgB ProcessedbyExSituSparkPlasmaSintering................... 303
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P.Badica,G.Aldica,M.Burdusel,M.Grigoroscuta,A. M.Ionescu,
V.Sandu,S.Popa,M.Enculescu,I.Pasuk,andA.Kuncser
12 Superconductivity in the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
atTransitionMetalOxideInterfaces..................................... 325
J. C.Nie
13 Prospects of Superconducting Magnet Technology in the
MedicalField:ANewParadigmontheHorizon?...................... 353
SantoshMiryala
EditorialNote..................................................................... 361
Index............................................................................... 363
