@article{e19bface5036485cb64b093abb9dfcb5,
title = "Enhanced JC in air-processed GdBa2Cu 3O7-δ superconductor bulk grown by the additions of nano-particles",
abstract = "Single domain superconductor GdBa2Cu3O 7-δ bulks with variable additions of (ZnO + ZrO 2 + SnO2) nano-particles was prepared in air by using top seed melt-textured growth process. The effect of nano-particle additions on superconductivity properties has been investigated. An enhancement of the critical current JC in low and intermediate field at 77 K and trapped field was discovered by the additions of the nano-particles. At the same time, the superconductor transition temperature, TC, slightly decreases from 93.5 K to 91.5 K. The experimental results show that the accumulation of the nano-particle inclusions may improve JC of the specimens.",
keywords = "Critical currents, GdBaCuO, Superconducting properties",
author = "Zhang, {Y. F.} and M. Izumi and Li, {Y. J.} and M. Murakami and T. Gao and Liu, {Y. S.} and Li, {P. L.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank M. Tomita and K. Suzuki (Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan) for trapped field measurement and N. Sakai for kind advice. This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant No. 11004129), Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (Grant No. 11YZ197) and Shanghai University Scientific and Cultivation for Outstanding Young Teachers in Special Fund. Copyright: Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.physc.2011.05.069",
language = "English",
volume = "471",
pages = "840--842",
journal = "Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications",
issn = "0921-4534",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "21-22",
}