van, D.
, Haugan, T.
and Barnes, P.
(2009),
Effect of a Compressive Uniaxial Strain on the Critical Current Density of Grain Boundary in Superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub></sub>3O<sub>7-δ</sub> Films, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901381
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Effect of a Compressive Uniaxial Strain on the Critical Current Density of Grain Boundary in Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-δ Films
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, Timothy J. Haugan, Paul N. Barnes
Abstract
Grain boundaries can be a significant barrier for current flow in high temperature superconducting (HTS) thin films. We show that an applied compressive strain causes a remarkable increase in critical current density (Jc,GB) in thin film YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) grain boundaries. The data presented here clearly show that the strain dependence of Jc,GB is somewhat surprisingly identical to that of the intragrain critical current density (Jc), contrary to present understanding. A relatively straightforward model is shown to describe and predict how strain affects the current transfer in grain boundaries, where it provides an estimate of the lattice strain at the grain boundary.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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103
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superconductivity, grain boundaries, strain, critical current density, thin films
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