S. Kang

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple and practically scalable technique was used to produce long, nearly continuous vortex pins along the c-axis in YBa2Cu3O7?? (YBCO), in the form of self-assembled stacks of BaZrO3 (BZO) nanodots and nanorods.

TL;DR: Benefits of the critical current in self-field as well as excellent retention of this current in high applied magnetic fields were achieved in the thick films via incorporation of a periodic array of extended columnar defects, composed of self-aligned nanodots of nonsuperconducting material extending through the entire thickness of the film.

TL;DR: In this article, the epitaxial CeO2 buffer layers were grown on biaxially textured Ni-W substrates for YBCO coated conductors using a newly developed metal organic decomposition (MOD) approach.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of substrate surface modification on the growth-induced fluxpinning nanostructures in YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) films were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, an enhanced in-field critical current density was achieved in YBCO films grown on single crystal and biaxially textured metal substrate surfaces that were pretreated with second-phase nanoscale MgO and nanoparticles using wet chemical solution-based approaches.