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Coverage includes theories of superconductivity, the basic physics of superconductors, the relation of microstructure and growth to superconducting properties, the theory of novel devices, and the fabrication and properties of thin films and devices. en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2009 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) Superconductor Science and Technology http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ Pinning and irreversibility in superconducting bulk MgB2 with added nanodiamonds http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125029?rss=2.0 Author(s): Anurag Gupta and A V Narlikar<br>Affiliation(s): Superconductivity and Cryogenics Division, National Physical Laboratory (CSIR), New Delhi-110012, India; UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore-452017, MP, India Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT CAD model for circuit parameters of superconducting-based hybrid planar transmission lines http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125028?rss=2.0 Author(s): Hamid Reza Mohebbi and A Hamed Majedi<br>Affiliation(s): Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL), Department of ECE, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Current redistribution of a current carrying superconducting tape in a perpendicular magnetic field http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125019?rss=2.0 Author(s): J Yoo, J Lee, S-M Lee, Y-H Jung, D Youm and S S Oh<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea; Superconducting Materials Research Group, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Changwon, 641-600, Republic of Korea Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Ultrathin epitaxial MgB2 superconducting films with high critical current density and Tc above 33 K http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125015?rss=2.0 Author(s): Yazhou Wang, Chenggang Zhuang, Xuan Sun, Xu Huang, Qiang Fu, Zhimin Liao, Dapeng Yu and Qingrong Feng<br>Affiliation(s): State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Local anodic oxidation of superconducting NbN thin films by an atomic force microscope http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125027?rss=2.0 Author(s): X Y Yang, L X You, X Wang, L B Zhang, L Kang and P H Wu<br>Affiliation(s): State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), CAS, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China; Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The effect of the return fields of magnetized grains on flux trapping in type II superconductors http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125018?rss=2.0 Author(s): Moh'd Rezeq, S Celebi, C Gigault and M A R LeBlanc<br>Affiliation(s): Technology & Research (KUSTAR), Khalifa University of Science, PO Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey; Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Investigation of carriers and ac transport processes in pure and praseodymium doped YBCO in normal states http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125013?rss=2.0 Author(s): N Bhattacharya, A Chakrabarti, B K Mandal and C Neogy<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India; Department of Physics, Chandernagore College, Hooghly, India Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Current and field distributions of a superconducting power transmission cable composed of helical tape conductors http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125025?rss=2.0 Author(s): Toshiharu Tominaka<br>Affiliation(s): Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959, Japan; RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Suppression of ringing in the tuned input circuit of a SQUID detector used in low-field NMR measurements http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125022?rss=2.0 Author(s): Hui Dong, Yi Zhang, Hans-Joachim Krause, Xiaoming Xie, Alex I Braginski and Andreas Offenhausser<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Circuit edit of superconducting microcircuits http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125020?rss=2.0 Author(s): M J Martinez-Perez, J Sese, R Cordoba, F Luis, D Drung and T Schurig<br>Affiliation(s): Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestrasse 2-12, D-10587 Berlin, Germany Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Analysis of the periodicity of voltage versus applied flux curves of planar and three-dimensional SQUIDs in the presence of coupling inhomogeneity http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125010?rss=2.0 Author(s): R De Luca<br>Affiliation(s): DMI--University of Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The effect of citric and oxalic acid doping on the superconducting properties of MgB2 http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125014?rss=2.0 Author(s): N Ojha, V K Malik, Rashmi Singla, C Bernhard and G D Varma<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India; Department of Physics and Fribourg Centre for Nanomaterials-FriMat, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The influence of heat-treatment and oxygenation annealing on the superconducting properties of YBCO coated conductors http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125016?rss=2.0 Author(s): H S Kim, J B Song, N Y Kwon, K L Kim and H G Lee<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The design of an original structure of current limiter http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125021?rss=2.0 Author(s): J Leveque, B Douine and A Rezzoug<br>Affiliation(s): GREEN, University of Nancy, BP 239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre, France Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT New YBCO superconducting wires obtained from narrow textured tubes http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125024?rss=2.0 Author(s): P Odier, A Allais, C Millon, S Morlens, L Ortega, C Jimenez, L Porcar, X Chaud, P Chaudouet, S Pairis, P Tixador and J L Soubeyroux<br>Affiliation(s): Institut Neel and CRETA, CNRS&UJF, 25 avenue des Martyrs, BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 09, France; Nexans Research Center, 170 avenue Jean Jaures, F-69353 Lyon Cedex 07, France; LMGP CNRS UMR5628, Grenoble INP, Minatec, 3 parvis Louis Neel, BP 257, F-38016 Grenoble, France Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT A thermo-mechanical model for Nb3Sn filaments and wires: strain field for different strand layouts http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125012?rss=2.0 Author(s): Daniela P Boso and Marek Lefik<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Structural and Transportation Engineering, University of Padua, via Marzolo 9, I-35131 Padua, Italy; Chair of Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Structures, Technical University of Lodz, Aleja Politechniki 6, 93-590 Lodz, Poland Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Pulsed-field magnetization of drilled bulk high-temperature superconductors: flux front propagation in the volume and on the surface http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125026?rss=2.0 Author(s): Gregory P Lousberg, J-F Fagnard, E Haanappel, X Chaud, M Ausloos, B Vanderheyden and Ph Vanderbemden<br>Affiliation(s): SUPRATECS Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (B28), University of Liege, Belgium; Laboratoire National des Champs Magnetiques Intenses (LNCMI), Toulouse, France; IPBS-UPS/CNRS UMR5089, Toulouse, France; UPS, IPBS, Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; CNRS, CRETA, Grenoble, France; SUPRATECS (B5a), University of Liege, Belgium Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT Angular and field properties of the critical current and melting line of Co-doped SrFe2As2 epitaxial films http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125011?rss=2.0 Author(s): B Maiorov, S A Baily, Y Kohama, H Hiramatsu, L Civale, M Hirano and H Hosono<br>Affiliation(s): MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; MPA-NHMFL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mail-Box: R3-7, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; ERATO-SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency in Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mail-Box: S2-13, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mail-Box: S2-13, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The effect of columnar defects on the pinning properties of NdFeAsO0.85 conglomerate particles http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125023?rss=2.0 Author(s): J D Moore, L F Cohen, Y Yeshurun, A D Caplin, K Morrison, K A Yates, C M McGilvery, J M Perkins, D W McComb, C Trautmann, Z A Ren, J Yang, W Lu, X L Dong and Z X Zhao<br>Affiliation(s): Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Materials Department, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforshung, Materials Research Group, Darmstadt, Germany; National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 603, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT The influence of magnesium grain size and ball milling time on the phase formation of MgB2 tapes http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=12/a=125017?rss=2.0 Author(s): Masaya Takahashi, Michiya Okada, Takayuki Nakane and Hiroaki Kumakura<br>Affiliation(s): Tsukuba University, 1-1-1 Tenoudai, Tsukuba 305-8571, Japan; HRL Hitachi Ltd, 7-1-1 Oomika, Hitachi 319-1292, Japan; National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT