Advances in Superconductivity: Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS ’88), August 28–31, 1988, Nagoya

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A History of Superconductivity....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Application to Electric Power System....Pages 19-24
Applicability of Superconductivity in the Electric Power System: A Canadian Perspective....Pages 25-31
Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) for Electric Utilities....Pages 33-38
Current Situation of R&D on Superconductive Power Application Technologies Carried out by Engineering Research Association for Superconductive Generation Equipment and Materials....Pages 39-42
Development of Superconducting Magnet for Fusion Power....Pages 43-49
R&D Superconductive Electro-Magnetic Propulsion Ship....Pages 51-54
Superconducting Magnets for Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 55-58
Application of Superconductivity to Transportation: Magnetically Levitated Train....Pages 59-64
Potential Benefits of Superconductivity to Transportation in the United States....Pages 65-70
Superconducting Magnet for Magnetically Levitated Vehicle....Pages 71-76
Prospects for Superconducting Electronics....Pages 77-80
Josephson Digital and Analog Devices with Niobium Junctions....Pages 81-86
A Superconducting IC Technology Based on Refractory Josephson Tunnel Junctions....Pages 87-92
Josephson Parametric Amplifiers: Low Noise at 9GHz....Pages 93-97
Losses in AC Superconducting Coils....Pages 99-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Chemical and Physical Properties of Organic Superconductor ϰ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 ....Pages 107-112
Organic Metals and Superconductors Based on BEDT-TTF....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Spin Bag Mechanism of High Temperature Superconductivity....Pages 123-125
Electronic States in Oxide Superconductors....Pages 127-131
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Are Metal-Oxide Superconductors Charged Bosonic Superfluids?....Pages 133-141
Structure-Property Relations in High-Temperature Oxide Superconductors: Nature of Oxygen and Copper....Pages 145-150
Crystal Chemistry of Superconductive Bismuth and Thallium Cuprates....Pages 151-157
Crystal Chemistry of the Copper Oxide Based High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 159-164
The Important Role of High Oxidation States in Cuprate Superconductors....Pages 165-168
XANES Study of Copper Valence and Structure in High Tc Superconducting Oxides....Pages 169-173
Photoemission Study of Single Crystal Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8 ....Pages 175-180
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectra of La 1+x Ba 2-x Cu 3 O y (x=0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5)....Pages 181-186
X-Ray Photoemission Study of High-Tc Superconducting Thin Film....Pages 187-189
Electronic and Structural Properties of Ba 2 Y 1-X Pr X Cu 3 O 7-δ ....Pages 191-196
New Experimental Results Concerning the Difference Between Various T c S of LnBa 2 Cu 3 O y (Ln=Lanthanide))....Pages 197-202
Raman Study of High-Tc Superconductor Bi 0.7 Pb 0.3 SrCaCu 1.8 O y ....Pages 203-208
Luminescence Study of New High T c Oxide Superconductors....Pages 209-214
Consideration of Interaction Between Carriers and Magnetic Rare-Earth Ions in R 1 Ba 2 Cu 3 O y (R=Rare-Earth Ions) Based on ESR and Resistivity Studies....Pages 215-218
The Effect of the Addition of S, Se and Te in Ba-Y-Cu-O on Its Superconductive Properties....Pages 219-221
Phase Diagram and Crystal Growth of RBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-y System....Pages 225-227
Superconductivity on Single Crystals of Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O System....Pages 229-231
Single-Crystal Growth of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu Oxides and Its Superconductivity....Pages 233-238
Progress in Processings of Oxide Superconductor....Pages 241-246
Microstructure and Transport Properties of Oxide Superconductors....Pages 247-252
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Completely Textured Yttrium Barium Cuprate Superconductors....Pages 253-257
Densification and Critical Current Density of YBa 2 Cu 3 O x Ceramics....Pages 259-264
Processing of Dense, Fine Grained YBa 2 Cu 3 O x Ceramics Using a Spray-Drying Technique....Pages 265-268
Effect of Cu and Sources on Powder Processing and Densification of Superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O x Ceramic....Pages 269-274
YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Superconductor-Insulator Composites — The Percolation Limit and Device Potential....Pages 275-279
High-T c Ceramic Superconductors Through Oxidation of Mechanically Alloyed Y-Ba-Cu and Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu Powders....Pages 281-286
Densification Behavior of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Sintering....Pages 287-291
Preparation and Superconducting Properties of Y-Ba-Cu and Y-Ba-Cu-F Oxides....Pages 293-298
Preparation of High Tc Superconductive Thin Tape from Acid Salts....Pages 301-304
Superconducting Properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O Sheet by a Tape Casting Method....Pages 305-308
Critical Current Densities of Silver Sheathed Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu Oxide Superconducting Tapes....Pages 309-312
Fabrication and Properties of Superconducting Ba-Y-Cu-O and Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O Tapes....Pages 313-317
Multi-Layered Superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O y Thick Films on Y 2 BaCuO 5 Substrate....Pages 319-324
Preparation of Superconducting Printed Thick Films of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O and Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Systems....Pages 325-330
Formation of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Films from Chloroform-Formalin Solution of Acetyl Aceton Complexes....Pages 331-334
Fabrication of High Tc Superconducting Films by Spray Pyrolysis....Pages 335-340
Preparation of Superconducting Thick Films of Y-Ba-Cu-O by Gas Deposition of Ultrafine Powder....Pages 341-345
Stabilization of a Superconducting Magnet Wound by a High Tc Oxide Conductor....Pages 349-352
Preparation of High Tc Oxide Superconducting Filaments by Suspension Spinning Method....Pages 353-358
Superconducting Wire of High Tc Oxide by Diffusion Process....Pages 359-364
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Microstructures and Superconducting Properties of Y-Ba-Cu Oxide Coils Prepared by the Explosive Compaction Technique....Pages 365-370
Fabrication and Characterization of Ceramic Superconducting Composite Wire....Pages 371-375
Development of High Tc Superconducting Wire by Powder Method....Pages 377-380
Properties of High Tc Short Coherence Length Superconductors....Pages 383-388
Free Energy Surfaces in the Superconducting Mixed State....Pages 389-392
History Dependence of Weakly Coupled Intergrain Currents in a Sintered Oxide Superconductor....Pages 393-397
Trapped Magnetic Flux in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Superconductors....Pages 399-404
Ceramic Problems/Challenges in High Temperature Oxide Superconductors; Hysteretic Force Measurements As a New Analysis Tool....Pages 405-410
Magnetization of Various Bulk Oxide Superconductors....Pages 411-415
Preliminary Results of Tc and Jc Measurements on YBa 2 Cu 3 O x ....Pages 417-420
A Deterioration Mechanism on Critical Current Densities of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 421-425
Effect of Chemical Non-Stoichiometry on Critical Current Density of Oxide Superconductors....Pages 427-432
Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependence of the Critical Current in Polycrystalline Ba 2 YCu 3 O y ....Pages 433-437
Critical Current Density of Y-Ba-Cu-O Ceramics Prepared by the Coprecipitation Method and their Application to Superconducting Devices....Pages 439-443
Magnetization and Critical Current of Yb 1 Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7-x Samples Prepared by the Plasma-ark Melting and Rapid Quenching Method....Pages 445-449
Critical Current Density Obtained from Particle Size Dependence of Magnetization in Y 1 Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Powders....Pages 451-455
In-Situ Observation of Bubbles in Superconductor YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Materials During He Ion Irradiation in an Electron Microscope....Pages 459-462
Effects of Localisation in Atomic-Disordered High-T c Superconductors....Pages 463-468
Electron Irradiation Effects on Y 1 Ba 2 Cu 3 O y Superconductors....Pages 469-474
The Preparation, Processing and Properties of Thin and Thick Films for Microelectronic Applications....Pages 477-482
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Basic Thin Film Processing for Rare-Earth-Free High-Tc Superconductors....Pages 483-487
High-Tc Superconductor Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition....Pages 489-494
CVD of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films....Pages 495-498
MO-CVD of HTcS....Pages 499-503
High-Tc Superconducting Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O Thin Films Prepared by Metalorganic Deposition (MOD)....Pages 505-509
Preparation of Superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O y Films by Thermal Decomposition Technique Using Organometallic Precursors....Pages 511-516
Preparation of 107K Superconducting Thin Film in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System by Coevaporation....Pages 517-522
Superconducting Thin Films of YbBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 and ErBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Determination of Epitaxial Conditions....Pages 523-526
Ln-Ba-Cu-O Thin Film Deposited by Ion Beam Sputtering....Pages 527-531
Preparation and Characterization of High Tc Superconductive Thin Film....Pages 533-537
Epitaxial Y-Ba-Cu-O Films on Si with Intermediate Layer by RF Magnetron Sputtering....Pages 539-544
Preparation and Properties of the Y-Ba-Cu-O Thin Films....Pages 545-550
Properties of Superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films Prepared by Controlling Sputtering Conditions and Annealing Atmospheres....Pages 551-556
High T c Superconductor YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x Thin Films Obtained by RF Magnetron Sputtering....Pages 557-559
Some Properties of High-Tc Oxide Superconducting Thin Films....Pages 563-569
Microstructural Development in Ion Beam Deposited Superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x and Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O Thin Films....Pages 571-574
Transport Properties of High Tc Y-Ba-Cu-O Thin Films Made by RF Magnetron Sputtering....Pages 575-580
The Stress-Strain Relationship for Multilayers of the High Tc Superconducting Oxides....Pages 581-586
Effects of Heat Treatment on Crystalline Quality of Er-Ba-Cu-O Thin Films....Pages 587-591
Microstructures and Superconductivities of LnBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x Thin Films....Pages 593-598
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Properties of High Jc BiSrCaCuO Thin Film....Pages 599-604
Characteristics of Rare-Earth-Free Superconducting Thin Films....Pages 605-608
Preparation and Electrical Properties of 107K-BiSrCaCuO Superconducting Thin Films....Pages 609-614
Characteristics in the Growth of the YBa 2 Cu 3 O x and YBaSrCu 3 O x Crystalline Films....Pages 615-620
Preparation and Characterization of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films by Ion Beam Sputtering....Pages 621-626
Observations of Y-Ba-Cu-O Films by Scanning Electron Microscopy and Auger Electron Spectroscopy....Pages 627-631
Comparison of The Stability of Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+y with YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6,5+y in Various Solutions....Pages 635-639
Formation of Crystallized Buffer Layer for High-Tc Superconducting Thin Film....Pages 641-645
High Tc Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Thick Films Fabrication and Film/Substrate Interactions....Pages 647-650
Substrate-HTcS Interaction Studies by (S)TEM....Pages 651-655
Electrochemical Modification of Superconductive Oxides....Pages 657-660
Applications of Oxide-Superconductors to Electronic Devices; Optical Detector....Pages 663-668
The Possibility of Superconducting Transistor and Squid with High-Tc Oxide Superconductors....Pages 669-673
Magnetic Properties of High Temperature Superconductors: Implications for 1/f Noise in Squids....Pages 675-677
Liquid Nitrogen Temperature DC SQUID’s Using Single-Target-Sputtered Films....Pages 679-684
Prospects for Electronic Applications of Rare-Earth-Free Superconducting Thin Films....Pages 685-689
Current Limiting Function of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Ceramics....Pages 691-694
Fundamental Properties of a New Superconducting Motor....Pages 695-700
High-Tc Superconductor Lenses and Guides for Intense Charged Particle Beams....Pages 701-706
Anisotropy and Hysteresis Behavior of Galvanomagnetic Effect in Super Magneto-Resistor....Pages 707-711
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Some Magnetic Applications of High-Tc Superconductors: Foils, Ductile Materials, Filaments and Magnets....Pages 713-717
The Potential Utilization of High Temperature Superconductivity....Pages 719-723
Development of Superconducting Materials and Impacts on the Social Economy....Pages 725-730
Electron Tunneling into Superconducting Bismuth-Copper Oxide Systems....Pages 733-736
Energy Gap Measurement Made on “Clean” and Oriented YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Surfaces....Pages 737-741
AC-DC Conversion Effect in Ceramic Superconductor....Pages 743-748
Structural Parameter Dependence of the Quantum Behavior of Small Superconductor Junctions....Pages 749-754
An Observation of Quasi-Particle Tunneling Characteristics in All Y-Ba-Cu-O Thin Film Tunnel Junction....Pages 755-759
Tl-Based Cu-O High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 763-771
Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Tl and Bi Containing Copper-Oxide Superconductors....Pages 773-779
Structural Study of Tl 2 Ba 2 Ca n-1 Cu n O 4+2n (n=1, 2 and 3) by Powder X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 781-786
Crystal Structure of Sr-Ca-Cu-O: A Comparison Between That of Sr-Ca-Cu-O and of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O....Pages 787-792
New Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O (1234, 1245 and 2234) Superconductors with Very High Tc....Pages 793-798
The Formation of High-Tc Superconducting Phases with Four Cu-O Layers in Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O Systems....Pages 799-802
Superconductivity of Tl-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System in Relation to Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O and Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Systems....Pages 803-805
Effect of Starting Materials and Heat Treatments on T1-Based High-Tc Superconductors....Pages 807-812
Processing, Characterisation and Properties of the Superconducting Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O System....Pages 813-818
Substitution Effect of Y for Ca in Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O System....Pages 819-823
Preparation and Properties of Pb-Doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors....Pages 827-832
Formation of the High Tc Phase of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors....Pages 833-837
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Synthetic Conditions and Structural Properties of the High-T c Phase in the Superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-(Pb)-O System....Pages 839-844
Pb Substituted Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductor....Pages 845-850
Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of BiSrCaCuO Compound....Pages 851-856
Effect of Ambient Gas on Preparing Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductor....Pages 857-862
Crystalline Structures and Superconducting Properties of Rapidly Quenched BiSrCaCu 2 O x Ceramics....Pages 863-866
Properties of Pb-Stabilized Bi-Oxide Superconductors....Pages 867-871
Preparation of High-Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O and Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors....Pages 873-877
Effects of Additional Elements (M=In, Al, Ga) on Superconductivity of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System....Pages 879-883
Optimization of Sintering and Metallurgical Studies on the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors....Pages 885-890
Structural Investigation of High Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O....Pages 891-896
Microstructure and Critical Current Property in Pb-Doped BiSrCaCuO Bulk Superconductors....Pages 897-901
Front Matter....Pages 903-903
Policy and Technology Trends: The Organisation of High Tc Superconductor Research in the UK....Pages 905-908
Summary....Pages 911-912
Back Matter....Pages 913-920