Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor
A large drilled single domain SmBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7−δ</sub> (SmBCO) bulk superconductor with a diameter of 32 mm and different hole sizes was successfully fabricated using the modified top-seeded infiltration and growth (TSIG) process. The morpholo...
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| author | Miao Wang Yuguang Liu Xiaomei Wang Hang Xian Wan-min Yang |
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| description | A large drilled single domain SmBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7−δ</sub> (SmBCO) bulk superconductor with a diameter of 32 mm and different hole sizes was successfully fabricated using the modified top-seeded infiltration and growth (TSIG) process. The morphology, superconducting properties, and grain boundary orientation growth of the drilled SmBCO samples were investigated. It was found that not only are the properties of the drilled sample equivalent to those of normal SmBCO bulk superconductors, but also the NdBCO seed crystal can be well controlled because of the increase in the specific surface area in the solid phase pellet. In addition, the growth orientation along the tangent direction of the holes was first noticed in the drilled single domain SmBCO bulk superconductor. This conclusion is highly important for the accurate control of the growth temperature of high temperature bulk superconductors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-020d4dd7e9444b008bab86c112ba466b2023-12-03T12:00:30ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522021-02-0111215010.3390/cryst11020150Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk SuperconductorMiao Wang0Yuguang Liu1Xiaomei Wang2Hang Xian3Wan-min Yang4School of Science, Xi’an Aeronautical University, Xi’an 710077, ChinaCollege of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, ChinaSchool of Science, Xi’an Aeronautical University, Xi’an 710077, ChinaCollege of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, ChinaCollege of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, ChinaA large drilled single domain SmBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7−δ</sub> (SmBCO) bulk superconductor with a diameter of 32 mm and different hole sizes was successfully fabricated using the modified top-seeded infiltration and growth (TSIG) process. The morphology, superconducting properties, and grain boundary orientation growth of the drilled SmBCO samples were investigated. It was found that not only are the properties of the drilled sample equivalent to those of normal SmBCO bulk superconductors, but also the NdBCO seed crystal can be well controlled because of the increase in the specific surface area in the solid phase pellet. In addition, the growth orientation along the tangent direction of the holes was first noticed in the drilled single domain SmBCO bulk superconductor. This conclusion is highly important for the accurate control of the growth temperature of high temperature bulk superconductors.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/11/2/150drilled SmBCO bulk superconductorTSIG processsuperconducting propertiescrystal growth orientation |
| spellingShingle | Miao Wang Yuguang Liu Xiaomei Wang Hang Xian Wan-min Yang Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor Crystals drilled SmBCO bulk superconductor TSIG process superconducting properties crystal growth orientation |
| title | Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor |
| title_full | Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor |
| title_short | Influence of Artificially Macroscopical Drilling on the Crystal Growth Orientation of Single Domain SmBCO Bulk Superconductor |
| title_sort | influence of artificially macroscopical drilling on the crystal growth orientation of single domain smbco bulk superconductor |
| topic | drilled SmBCO bulk superconductor TSIG process superconducting properties crystal growth orientation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/11/2/150 |
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