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Power-Law Relationship Between Critical Current Density, Microstructure, And The N-Value In Mgb2 Superconductor Wires, Ashkan Motaman, Shaon Barua, Dipak Patel, Minoru Maeda, Kookchae Cheong, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Md Shahriar Al Hossain Oct 2014

Power-Law Relationship Between Critical Current Density, Microstructure, And The N-Value In Mgb2 Superconductor Wires, Ashkan Motaman, Shaon Barua, Dipak Patel, Minoru Maeda, Kookchae Cheong, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Md Shahriar Al Hossain

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Dissipation-free MgB2 superconducting wires are valuable in terms of practical applications. Herein, we have found a strong correlation between critical current density (J c ) and the n-value extracted from the electric field versus current density characteristic. The power-law relationship (m) between the J c and the n-value, n∝Jmc , represents a critical index which is strongly dependent on operating temperatures.


Magnetic Phase Diagram And Correlation Between Metamagnetism And Superconductivity In Ru0.9sr2ycu2.1o7.9, Rashmi Nigam, Shane J. Kennedy, Alexey V. Pan, S X. Dou Mar 2014

Magnetic Phase Diagram And Correlation Between Metamagnetism And Superconductivity In Ru0.9sr2ycu2.1o7.9, Rashmi Nigam, Shane J. Kennedy, Alexey V. Pan, S X. Dou

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The magnetic superconductor Ru0.9Sr2YCu2.1O7.9 (Ru-1212Y) has been investigated using neutron diffraction under variable temperature and magnetic field. With the complementary information from magnetization measurements, we propose a magnetic phase diagram T-H for the Ru-1212 system. Uniaxial antiferromagnetic (AFM) order of 1.2μ B/Ru atoms with moments parallel to the c-axis is found below the magnetic transition temperature at ~140 K in the absence of magnetic field. In addition, ferromagnetism (FM) in the ab-plane develops below ~120 K, but is suppressed at lower temperature by superconducting correlations. Externally applied magnetic fields cause Ru-moments to realign from the c-axis to the ab-plane, i.e. …


Relationship Between Orientation Of Ceo2 Films And Surface Morphology, Dongqi Shi, Mihail Ionescu, Jeff Mckinnon, Wu Ming Chen, S. X. Dou Jun 2013

Relationship Between Orientation Of Ceo2 Films And Surface Morphology, Dongqi Shi, Mihail Ionescu, Jeff Mckinnon, Wu Ming Chen, S. X. Dou

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Pure c-axis orientation CeO2 films were deposited on YSZsingle crystal substrates_ by pulse laser deposition (PLD) in oxygen. The optimum epitaxial growth temperature for a high level of c-axis orientation is 7900 C, and it is related to the morphology of CeO2 grains. The more circular the shape of the grains is, the better the caxis orientation and the smoothness of CeO2 film surface are. This correlation appears to be an intrinsic feature of CeO2 growth, independent of the type of substrate or the deposition method. Also it was found that the topography of the film surface grown by PLD …


Correlation Between Structural Parameters And The Magnetocaloric Effect In Epitaxial La0.8ca0.2mno3/Laalo3 Thin Film, J C. Debnath, J H. Kim, Y Heo, A M. Strydom, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Correlation Between Structural Parameters And The Magnetocaloric Effect In Epitaxial La0.8ca0.2mno3/Laalo3 Thin Film, J C. Debnath, J H. Kim, Y Heo, A M. Strydom, S X. Dou

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An epitaxial La0.8Ca0.2MnO3/LaAlO 3 (LCMO/LAO) thin film was fabricated using the pulsed laser deposition technique to evaluate the correlation between the crystal structure and the magnetocaloric effect. In our study, the LCMO film was 200 nm in thickness and appeared to have a strong out-of plane texture. We found that each column in the LCMO thin film layer is a domain which has a different ordering direction. These microscopic feature results in anisotropic properties of magnetization, entropy, and relative cooling power. The film exhibited a paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic second order phase transition at 249 K. The lack of any hysteresis loss also …


The Comparison Between Nanostructure Control And Other Modifications To Improve The Electrochemical Performance Of Sno, Yong-Mook Kang, Min-Sik Park, Hua-Kun Liu, S. X. Dou Jun 2013

The Comparison Between Nanostructure Control And Other Modifications To Improve The Electrochemical Performance Of Sno, Yong-Mook Kang, Min-Sik Park, Hua-Kun Liu, S. X. Dou

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With an advent of the ubiquitous era, the demand for rechargeable batteries with a higher energy density is getting more and more critical. It is because applications are emerging such as electric vehicles and various types of portable electronic devices. Carbonaceous materials are commonly adopted as the anode material for commercial lithium-ion secondary batteries because it can reversibly intercalate or de-intercalate Li ion. However, low capacity of carbon has become a limiting factor in wider applications, and high capacity alternative to carbonaceous material has thus been sought for. Even if tin and silicon have been considered as one of the …


Competition Between The Crystal Field And The Exchange Field In Er3+ Doped Ndmno3, Fang Hong, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Competition Between The Crystal Field And The Exchange Field In Er3+ Doped Ndmno3, Fang Hong, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou

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A careful investigation of specific heat shows that the ground state splitting of Nd3þ has been modified by the Er3þ doping, as it shows a nonlinear dependence on the Er3þ doping rate, due to the competition between the crystal field and the exchange field. This competition could be further confirmed by the anomalies in the magnetic entropy and the ground state splitting found in Nd0.9Er0.1MnO3. On the contrary, the ground state splitting of Er3þ has a linear dependence on the doping rate, indicating its stronger dependence on the crystal field rather than the exchange field.


Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura Jun 2013

Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura

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A comprehensive study of the effects of carbohydrate doping on the superconductivity of MgB2 has been conducted. In accordance with the dual reaction model, more carbon substitution is achieved at lower sintering temperature. As the sintering temperature is lowered, lattice disorder is increased. Disorder is an important factor determining the transition temperature for the samples studied in this work, as evidenced from the correlations among the lattice strain, the resistivity, and the transition temperature. It is further shown that the increased critical current density in the high field region can be understood by a recently-proposed percolation model [M. Eisterer et …


Strong Competition Between The Delta L And Delta T-C Flux Pinning Mechanisms In Mgb2 Doped With Carbon Containing Compounds, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Xiaolin Wang, Md S. Hossain, Qiwen Yao, S X. Dou, Sung-Ik Lee, K C. Chung, Y K. Kim Jun 2013

Strong Competition Between The Delta L And Delta T-C Flux Pinning Mechanisms In Mgb2 Doped With Carbon Containing Compounds, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Xiaolin Wang, Md S. Hossain, Qiwen Yao, S X. Dou, Sung-Ik Lee, K C. Chung, Y K. Kim

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The transport and magnetic properties of 10 wt % malic acid and 5 wt % nanocarbon doped MgB2 have been studied by measuring the resistivity (p), critical current density (jc), connectivity factor (AF), irreversibility field (Hirr), and upper critical field (Hc2). The pinning mechanisms are studied in terms of the collective pinning model. It was found that both mean free path (δl) and critical temperature (δTc) pinning mechanisms coexist in both doped MgB2. For both the malic acid and nanocarbon doped samples, the temperature dependence of the crossover field, which separates the single vortex and the small bundle pinning regime, …


A Correlation Between Transport Current Density And Grain Connectivity In Mgb2/Fe Wire Made From Ball-Milled Boron, X Xu, J H. Kim, S X. Dou, S Choi, J H. Lee, H W. Park, M Rindfleish, M Tomsic Jun 2013

A Correlation Between Transport Current Density And Grain Connectivity In Mgb2/Fe Wire Made From Ball-Milled Boron, X Xu, J H. Kim, S X. Dou, S Choi, J H. Lee, H W. Park, M Rindfleish, M Tomsic

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Studies of the magnetic field dependence of the transport critical current density (Jct) and the grain connectivity of MgB2/Fe wires fabricated from ball-milled boron have been conducted in detail, and strong correlations have been found, as evidenced by differences in grain size, critical transition temperature, and resistivity. It was observed that the samples fabricated by ball milling had relatively small grain sizes, resulting in a strong field dependence of the Jct in the high field region. On the other hand, the ball-milled boron was associated with poor connectivity between adjacent grains. It is clearly shown that the observed reduction in …