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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108438 | SUPERCONDUCTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A method of manufacturing superconductors with critical temperature Tc>300K is disclosed. This method is from a theory of high-Tc superconductivity wherein the doping mechanism is found. A kind of superconductors composed by this method is the A... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108439 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTRATE AND SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE The present invention relates to a method of producing a substrate, including the steps of preparing a substrate having a nickel layer formed on a copper layer through plating, subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment at 800-1000° C., and epitaxial-growing an i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120035056 | Nb-DOPED PEROVSKITE FLUX PINNING OF REBCO BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS BY MOCVD A method of making a superconducting article that involves using MOCVD to deposit onto a uniaxially or biaxially textured surface an epitaxial layer that includes a superconducting material such as REBa2Cu3O7 and a secondary phase compri... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120021917 | SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING WIRING, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRING AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME Disclosed is a low-cost metal substrate which is resistant to high-temperature oxidation, has excellent strength, is non-magnetic and is ideal for a high-temperature superconducting wire to be used at or lower than liquid nitrogen temperature. Austenitic stainless steel... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015818 | Method for producing a HTS coated conductor and HTS coated conductor with reduced losses A method for producing a high temperature superconductor (=HTS) coated conductor (12), wherein a buffer layer (2; 22) and an HTS layer (4; 24; 65) are deposited on a substrate (1; 21), with the following steps: a) after depositing the buffer ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110319271 | Multifilament Superconductor Having Reduced AC Losses and Method for Forming the Same A high temperature superconductor structure including: a substrate on which at least one buffer layer is deposited, a superconductor layer on the buffer layer, the superconducting layer composed of superconductor material that forms at least two substantially parallel s... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312501 | COATED CONDUCTOR WITH IMPROVED GRAIN ORIENTATION A coated conductor comprising an improved buffer layer architecture where the buffer layers are obtainable by chemical solution deposition and where the buffer layers essentially adopt the degree of texture of the substrate.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110294672 | Metal Complexes for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Platinum The invention relates to platinum complexes, to a method for preparing the same and to the use thereof for the chemical vapour deposition of metal platinum. The chemical vapour deposition of platinum onto a substrate is made from a platinum organometallic compound that ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110245084 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRECURSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, PRECURSOR, AND SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE A method for manufacturing a superconducting wire includes the following steps. A laminate metal having a first metal layer and a Ni layer formed on the first metal layer is prepared. An intermediate layer is formed on the Ni layer of the laminate metal. A superconducti... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237440 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING THICK OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THICK TAPE-SHAPED OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR FILM Disclosed is a composition for forming a thick oxide superconductor film, the oxide being an RE-BA-Cu based oxide, wherein RE is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Nd, Sm, Gd, Eu, Yb, Pr, and Ho. The composition contains an RE salt of a keto a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110218113 | SUBSTRATE FOR FABRICATING SUPERCONDUCTIVE FILM, SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Provided is a substrate for superconductive film formation, which includes a metal substrate, and an oxide layer formed directly on the metal substrate, containing chromium oxide as a major component and having a thickness of 10-300 nm and an arithmetic average roughnes... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110172103 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME An oxide superconductor film formed on a substrate includes an oxide containing at least one metal M selected from the group consisting of yttrium and lanthanoid metals, provided that cerium, praseodymium, promethium and ruthenium are excluded, and barium and copper, in... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110166026 | METHOD OF FABRICATIING OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM The present invention is a method of fabricating an oxide superconducting thin film for use in fabrication of a superconducting wire by a coating-pyrolysis process using a fluorine-free metal organic compound as a raw material. An intermediate heat treatment of decompos... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110105336 | RARE EARTH ELEMENT OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME The present invention relates to a rare earth element oxide superconductive wire material improved in orientation by forming the bed layer by the MOD method. In the superconductive wire material (10) produced by forming a MOD-CZO layer (2), an IBS-GZO (... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110082044 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME Operational characteristics of an high temperature superconducting (“HTS”) film comprised of an HTS material may be improved by depositing a modifying material onto appropriate surfaces of the HTS film to create a modified HTS film. In some implementations of the in... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110082045 | EXTREMELY LOW RESISTANCE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME In some implementations of the invention, existing extremely low resistance materials (“ELR materials”) may be modified and/or new ELR materials may be created by enhancing (in the case of existing ELR materials) and/or creating (in the case of new ELR materials) an... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110082042 | EXTREMELY LOW RESISTANCE FILMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME Operational characteristics of an extremely low resistance (“ELR”) film comprised of an ELR material may be improved by depositing a modifying material onto appropriate surfaces of the ELR film to create a modified ELR film. In some implementations of the invention,... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110082041 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME In some implementations of the invention, existing high temperature superconducting materials (“HTS materials”) may be modified and/or new HTS materials may be created by enhancing (in the case of existing HTS materials) and/or creating (in the case of new HTS mater... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110045984 | Superconductive Compositions with Enhanced Flux Pinning A composition of matter including a thin film of a high temperature superconductive oxide having particles randomly dispersed therein, the particles of an yttrium-barium-ruthenium oxide or of an yttrium-barium-niobium oxide is provided.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110034338 | CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY ENHANCEMENT VIA INCORPORATION OF NANOSCALE Ba2(Y,RE)TaO6 IN REBCO FILMS A superconducting article includes a substrate having a biaxially textured surface, and an epitaxial biaxially textured superconducting film supported by the substrate. The epitaxial superconducting film includes particles of Ba2RETaO6 and is chara... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028329 | METHOD OF MAKING MATERIAL EXHIBITING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS The invention herein is directed towards a method of making material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the met... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028328 | Superconductive Article with Prefabricated Nanostructure for Improved Flux Pinning A superconducting article comprises a substrate, a buffer layer overlying the substrate, and a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) layer overlying the buffer layer. The HTS layer includes a plurality of nanorods. A method of forming a superconducting article comprise... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110015079 | METHOD OF FORMING PRECURSOR SOLUTION FOR METAL ORGANIC DEPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING SUPERCONDUCTING THICK FILM USING THE SAME The present invention relates to a method of forming a precursor solution for metal organic deposition and a method of forming a superconducting thick film using the same. A first precursor comprising one rare earth element, a second precursor comprising barium, and a t... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100304977 | Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors and Methods for Design and Manufacture Thereof Methods for forming sensors using transition edge sensors (TES) and sensors therefrom are described. The method includes forming a plurality of sensor arrays includes at least one TES device. The TES device includes a TES device body, a first superconducting lead contac... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100298150 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVE FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM Described is an article including a sapphire substrate carrying a superconductive layer of a compound of the formula YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO), the layer having surface area of at least 10 cm2, and critical current of at least 100 A/... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100285969 | IMD-Selective Design of HTS-Based Filters Intermodulation distortion (IMD) is known to be an impediment to progress in superconductor-based filter technology. The present invention's methodology for reducing IMD can open doors to heretofore unseen practical applications involving high temperature superconductor... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279000 | Aluminum phosphate coatings Aluminophosphate compounds and compositions as can be used for substrate or composite films and coating to provide or enhance, without limitation, planarization, anti-biofouling and/or anti-microbial properties.... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100267568 | Superconducting film and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a superconducting film having a substrate and a superconductor layer formed on the substrate, in which nano grooves are formed parallel to a current flowing direction on a substrate surface on which the superconductor layer is formed and... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100255998 | Sn based alloys with fine compound inclusions for Nb3Sn superconducting wires A method for producing a Sn based alloy (15) comprising a metal matrix of a metal matrix material, wherein the metal matrix material comprises Sn, and inclusions of a compound material, further referred to as compound inclusions, wherein the compound material con... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100248970 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTINUOUS HTS TAPE BUFFER LAYER DEPOSITION USING LARGE SCALE ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION The present invention is a high-throughput ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) system and method of utilizing such a system that enables continuous deposition of thin films such as the buffer layers of HTS tapes. The present invention includes a spool-to-spool feed syst... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100248967 | Material Exhibiting Superconductivity Characteristics and Method of Manufacture Thereof The invention herein is directed towards a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crystal,... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100204049 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100173785 | Wet-Chemical Method for Producing High-Temperature Superconductor The invention relates to a method for the wet chemical production of an HTSL on a carrier, wherein an HTSL precursor solution comprising no trifluoroacetate may be utilized if the same is heated to a temperature Ts during the heat treatment of the HTSL precur... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100160169 | Superconducting Thin Film Material, Superconducting Wire, and Method of Manufacturing the Same A superconducting thin film material is provided, including a first superconducting thin film having a surface subjected to smoothing and a second superconducting thin film formed on the surface of the first superconducting thin film subjected to the smoothing. Further,... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100144536 | NANOSTRUCTURED SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIAL OF TYPE REBa2Cu3O7 (RE = RARE EARTH OR YTTRIUM) WITH A HIGH DENSITY OF VORTEX ANCHORING CENTRES AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF The present invention relates to a nanostructured superconducting material of type REBa2Cu3O7, where RE=Rare Earth or yttrium, comprising two phases, a principal matrix of REBa2Cu3O7 and a secondary phase... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100112192 | THICK SUPERCONDUCTOR FILMS WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE A method for producing a thick film includes disposing a precursor solution onto a substrate to form a precursor film. The precursor solution contains precursor components to a rare-earth/alkaline-earth-metal/transition-metal oxide including a salt of a rare earth eleme... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100113280 | Porous ceramic high temperature superconductors and method of making same Porous ceramic superconductors having a film thickness over 0.5 microns are provided. The superconducting material is applied to a vicinal substrate and optionally nanoparticles are inserted to release local strain. The resultant superconductors exhibit improved Jc valu... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100093545 | METHOD FOR MAKING HIGH JC SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS AND POLYMER-NITRATE SOLUTIONS USED THEREFORE 100-800 nm ReBCO films with critical current density (Jc) values in excess of 1 MA/cm2 were fabricated from aqueous nitrate precursor solutions with additives. Additives such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) and sucrose were selected to suppress crysta... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100081574 | SUPERCONDUCTOR FILMS WITH IMPROVED FLUX PINNING AND REDUCED AC LOSSES The present invention relates to a method for producing a defect-containing superconducting film, the method comprising (a) depositing a phase-separable layer epitaxially onto a biaxially-textured substrate, wherein the phase-separable layer includes at least two phase-... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100075857 | SUPERCONDUCTING TAPE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF The invention offers a superconducting tape that maintains both high allowable tension and low splice resistance and a method of producing the superconducting tape. The superconducting tape is provided with a main-body portion and a reinforcement portion. The main-body ... | 03/25/2010 |
