Objective
The project is in the frame of nanotechnology for materials and surfaces and is a multidisciplinary one, involving nanotechnology, surface science, materials science, and superconductivity. The subject is the creation and study of strong pinning centres in high-critical temperature super-conducting (HTS) thin films, devices, and coated conductors (CC), induced by self-assembled three-dimensional (3D) nano-scale islands of various materials grown on substrates prior to HTS film deposition. Preliminary results proved this method to be straightforward and cost-effective in blocking the thermally activated motion of magnetic flux lines in HTS, motion that is limiting the super-conducting (SC) parameters (critical current density, surface resistance in microwave, noise).
The aims of the research are the controlled growth of self-assembled 3D nano-dots, structural characterization of nano-dots induced pinning centres and studies of their influence on the SC properties, optimisation of SC properties, and application o f the proposed technology for improving the performances of various devices and equipment, ensuring the competitiveness of EU research and technology in this field and strong market penetration of a large number of HTS devices and equipment, like energy efficient equipment for electric power generation, transport and distribution, microwave devices for mobile and satellite communication, high-sensitivity magnetic field detectors for medicine and non-destructive evaluation.
The project will be undertaken at University of Birmingham, with excellent facilities and world-wide recognised expertise and results, will create a team capable of reaching a high level of excellence in pinning engineering in HTS, and will help the creation of an excellent, transnational and stimulating focal point of interdisciplinary research in super-conducting films, devices and coated conductors at University of Birmingham.
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2005-MOBILITY-8
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Coordinator
BIRMINGHAM
United Kingdom
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