Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Ultrafast transient liquid assisted growth of high current density superconducting films

  • L. Soler,
  • J. Jareño,
  • J. Banchewski,
  • S. Rasi,
  • N. Chamorro,
  • R. Guzman,
  • R. Yáñez,
  • C. Mocuta,
  • S. Ricart,
  • J. Farjas,
  • P. Roura-Grabulosa,
  • X. Obradors,
  • T. Puig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13791-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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High throughput manufacturing of long length coated conductors requires fast epitaxial growth of high-temperature superconducting films. Here, Soler et al. report an ultrafast growth rates and high critical current densities of YBa2Cu3O7 films using a transient liquid-assisted growth method.