superconductors

Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / February 4, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest

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GE’s James Bray opens EMA with talk on industrial applications for electronic materials

By Eileen De Guire / January 24, 2014

GE’s James Bray opens EMA with talk on industrial applications for electronic materials.

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Eileen’s five fave CTT posts in 2012 (and her liberal interpretation of the number five)

By Eileen De Guire / December 31, 2012

Background image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five favorite posts from 2012. Finding that choosing only five was…

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High critical current density doped pnictide superconductors

By Eileen De Guire / July 25, 2012

High critical current density doped ferropnictide superconductors. (a) Magneto-optical image of a rectangular slab of (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2 bulk material after zero field cooling the sample to 10 K and applying 167…

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Hellstrom, Eric (2012, 2011)

By / June 12, 2012

2012 Contact Information: Eric Hellstrom, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL hellstrom@asc.magnet.fsu.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Investigation of Phase Relations and Reaction Pathways in Pnictide Superconductors 2012 Highlight: Presentation Material…

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Optimizing YBCO superconductor magnet design

By Eileen De Guire / November 1, 2011

Snapshot of 3D temperature distribution in YBCO tape during quench show a very high local temperature gradient. A multiscale modeling approach developed at North Carolina State University helps optimize superconductor…

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Video of the week – LANL’s high-temperature superconducting tape

By / October 7, 2009

Los Alamos National Lab has been working to develop high-volume production processes for making a thin, flexible tape that operates as a superconductor at liquid hydrogen nitrogen temperatures and can…

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Top non-video posts for 2008

By / January 2, 2009

Everyone else is doing their “tops” list for last year, so who are we to go against the herd? #5 – Graphene memory possible — #4 – Better method for…

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