Fabrication of Long-Length and Bulk High-Temperature Superconductors [Paperback]

This comprehensive volume is a good summary of the latest developments in high-temperature superconductor (HTS) research and an excellent resource for researchers and managers working in this field. The book is divided into three chapters: coated conductors; BSCCO-based conductors, MgB2 , and other HTS materials; and control of microstructure. Papers include topics such as long-length flexible wires and tapes, melt-textured YBCO materials, processing of HTS materials, the current status and potential for YBCO-based coated conductors, BSCCO-based conductors, and MgB₂ based wires.

Proceedings of the symposium held at the 105th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 27-30, in Nashville, Tennessee; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 149.

Coated Conductors.

Solution Buffer Layers for YBCO Coated Conductors (S. Sathyamurthy, M. Paranthaman, H.-Y. Zhai, S. Kang, C. Cantoni, S. Cook, L. Heatherly, A. Goyal, H.M. Christen, Md.S. Bhuiyan and K. Salama).

Scale Up of High Performance High Temperature Superconductors (V. Selvamanickam, Y. Li, H.G. Lee, X. Xiong, Y. Qiao, J. Reeves, Y. Xie, A. Knoll and K. Lenseth).

Inclined-Substrate Pulsed Laser Deposition of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Template Film for YBCO Coated Conductors (B. Ma, M. Li, B.L. Fisher, R.E. Koritala, R.M. Baurceanu, S.E. Dorris and U. Balachandran).

Evaluating Superconducting YBCO Film Properties Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (P.N. Barnes, J.C. Tolliver, T.J. Haugan, S.M. Mukhopadhyay and J.T. Grant).

Development of Low-Cost Alternative Buffer Layer Architectures for YBCO Coated Conductors (M.P. Paranthaman, T. Aytug, H.Y. Zhai, H.M. Christen, D.K. Christen, A. Goyal, L. Heatherly and D.M. Kroeger).

Improvement of the Texture in AG Substrates for High Temperature Superconductor Deposition (D.M. Liu, Ml�