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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/ Strong enhancement of Jc and Birr in binary in situ MgB2 wires after cold high pressure densification http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=8/a=085002?rss=2.0 Author(s): R Flukiger, M S A Hossain and C Senatore<br>Affiliation(s): Dept. Phys. Cond. Matter (DPMC), University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Group of Applied Physics (GAP), University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Development of a 10 m long 1 kA 66/77 kV YBCO HTS cable with low AC loss and a joint with low electrical resistance http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=8/a=085003?rss=2.0 Author(s): Masashi Yagi, Shinichi Mukoyama, Naoyuki Amemiya, Naoji Kashima, Shigeo Nagaya and Yuh Shiohara<br>Affiliation(s): Energy Transmission Research Department Ecology and Energy Laboratory, The Furukawa Electric Corporated, Ltd, 6 Yawata-Kaigandori, Ichihara, Chiba 290-8555, Japan; Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto-Daigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan; Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, 20-1, Kitasekiyama, Ohdaka-cho, Midori-ku, Nagoya 459-8522, Japan; Superconductivity Research Laboratory, 1-10-13, Shinonome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0062, Japan Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Progress in electrical and mechanical properties of rectangular MgB2 wires http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075026?rss=2.0 Author(s): P Kovac, T Melisek, L Kopera, I Husek, M Polak and M Kulich<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Superconductivity and the isotope exponent versus the number of carriers in a changing hopping triangular lattice http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075027?rss=2.0 Author(s): J J Rodriguez-Nunez, A A Schmidt and V K Gimenez<br>Affiliation(s): SUPERCOMP Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Carabobo, Campus de Barbula, PO Box 129, Valencia 2001, Venezuela; Departamento de Matematica, UFSM, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT A model for calculating the AC losses of second-generation high temperature superconductor pancake coils http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075028?rss=2.0 Author(s): Weijia Yuan, A M Campbell and T A Coombs<br>Affiliation(s): Electronic, Power and Energy Conversion Group, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT New iron-based arsenide oxides (Fe2As2)(Sr4M2O6)(M = Sc, Cr) http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=8/a=085001?rss=2.0 Author(s): Hiraku Ogino, Yukari Katsura, Shigeru Horii, Kohji Kishio and Jun-ichi Shimoyama<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; JST-TRIP, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan; Magnetic Materials Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0106, Japan; Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kami-shi, Kochi 782-8502, Japan Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Possible high temperature superconductivity in a Ti-doped A–Sc–Fe–As–O (A = Ca, Sr) system http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=072001?rss=2.0 Author(s): G F Chen, T-L Xia, H X Yang, J Q Li, P Zheng, J L Luo and N L Wang<br>Affiliation(s): Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, People's Republic of China Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Analytic solutions to Maxwell–London equations and levitation force for a general magnetic source in the presence of a type-II superconducting sphere with a vortex line http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075021?rss=2.0 Author(s): Qiong-Gui Lin and An Zhao<br>Affiliation(s): School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Growth and c-axis flux pinning of nanostructured YBCO/BZO multilayers http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075019?rss=2.0 Author(s): H Huhtinen, K Schlesier and P Paturi<br>Affiliation(s): Wihuri Physical Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland; Graduate School of Materials Research, Turku, Finland Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Temperature-induced coexistence of integer, half-integer and quarter-integer fluxoid configurations in d-wave SQUIDs with a ferromagnetic junction http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075022?rss=2.0 Author(s): R Zikic, L Dobrosavljevic-Grujic and B Vujicic<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Science, University of Montenegro, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Single-crystalline superconducting MgB2 nanowires http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075017?rss=2.0 Author(s): Alok K Jha and Neeraj Khare<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Superconductivity of FeSe0.89 crystal with hexagonal and tetragonal structures http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075016?rss=2.0 Author(s): S B Zhang, X D Zhu, H C Lei, G Li, B S Wang, L J Li, X B Zhu, Z R Yang, W H Song, J M Dai and Y P Sun<br>Affiliation(s): Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China; High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Characterization and the mechanism of formation of the ternary compound MgNi2.5B2 in Ni-doped MgB2 bulk http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075024?rss=2.0 Author(s): Qian Zhao, Yongchang Liu, Simon Penner, Liming Yu, Zhizhong Dong and Zhiming Gao<br>Affiliation(s): Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China; Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Full noise characterization of a low-noise two-stage SQUID amplifier http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075020?rss=2.0 Author(s): P Falferi, R Mezzena and A Vinante<br>Affiliation(s): Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, CNR-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38100 Povo, Trento, Italy; INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, Sezione di Padova, 38100 Povo, Trento, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trento, 38100 Povo, Trento, Italy; INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT Low-noise waveguide SIS mixer with NbN/AlN/NbN tunnel junctions tuned by an NbN/MgO/NbTiN microstrip circuit http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075015?rss=2.0 Author(s): Masanori Takeda, Wenlei Shan, Takafumi Kojima, Shingo Saito, Matthias Kroug, Yoshinori Uzawa and Zhen Wang<br>Affiliation(s): Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2, Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 West Beijing Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, People's Republic of China; Department of Physical Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT AC losses in thin superconductors: the integral equation method applied to stacks and windings http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075018?rss=2.0 Author(s): Roberto Brambilla, Francesco Grilli, Doan N Nguyen, Luciano Martini and Frederic Sirois<br>Affiliation(s): CESI Ricerca SpA, Via Rubattino 54, I-20134 Milano, Italy; Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, PO Box 6079 Station Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada; Institute for Technical Physics, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT High-pressure growth of fluorine-free SmFeAsO1−x superconducting single crystals http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075023?rss=2.0 Author(s): H-S Lee, J-H Park, J-Y Lee, J-Y Kim, N-H Sung, T-Y Koo, B K Cho, C-U Jung, S Saini, S-J Kim and H-J Lee<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, GIST, Gwangju 500-712, Korea; Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang 790-784, Korea; Department of Physics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin 449-791, Korea; Faculty of Mechanical, Energy and System Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea; National Center for Nanomaterials Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT The influence of Gd-2411(Nb) on the superconducting properties of GdBCO/Ag single grains http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/22/i=7/a=075025?rss=2.0 Author(s): Y Shi, N Hari Babu, K Iida, W K Yeoh, A R Dennis and D A Cardwell<br>Affiliation(s): Superconductivity Group, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK; Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Brunel University, West London UB8 3PH, UK; The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)-Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT