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SiC and Carbon Nanotube Distinctive Effects on the Superconducting Properties of Bulk MgB2 (with G. Serrano, A. Serquis, S. X. Dou, L. Civale, B. Maiorov, T. G. Holesinger, F. Balakirev, and M. Jaime), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2008)

This work describes in detail the simultaneous enhancement of the upper critical field (Hc2) and...

 

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The effect of doping level and sintering temperature on Jc(H) performance in nano-SiC doped and pure MgB2 wires (with O. Shcherbakova, S. X. Dou, D. Wexler, M. Bhatia, M. Sumption, and E. W. Collings), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2006)
Nanoscale SiC doped Fe/MgB2 wire samples were prepared by an in situ reaction technique using...
 

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Effect of heating rates on superconducting properties of pure MgB2, carbon nanotube- and nano-SiC-doped in situ MgB2/Fe wires (with S. K. Chen, K. S. Tan, B. A. Glowacki, W. K. Yeoh, J. Horvat, and S. X. Dou), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
The influence of heating rates and annealing temperatures on the transition temperatures (Tc) and critical...
 

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Effect of Nano-Particle Doping on the Upper Critical Field and Flux Pinning in MgB2 (with S. X. Dou, W. K. Yeoh, and Y. Zhang), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
The effect of nano particle doping on the critical current density ofMgB2 is reviewed. Most...
 

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The relevance of the self-field for the 'peak effect' in the transport Jc(H) of iron-sheathed MgB2 wires (with J. Horvat and W. K. Yeoh), Faculty of Engineering - Papers (2005)
Ferromagnetic sheath around a superconducting wire results in an unusual transport Jc(H). For the field...