High-Tc Superconductors - based Nanocomposites with Improved Intergrain Coupling and Enhanced Bulk Pinning

Tanya Prozorov, Brett McCarty, Baowei Liu +1

Heterogeneous sonochemical synthesis was used to modify superconducting properties of granular YBa2Ca3CuO7-y and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. Sonication of liquid-powder alkane slurries produc…