Superconducting Thin Films for Cellular Applications

Information

• NSF Award
• 9402117

Owner

• Superconductor Technologies, Inc.

• Award Id

  9402117

• Award Effective Date

  4/1/1995 - 29 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1996 - 28 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 299,810.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

9402117 Eddy, Michael The preparation of epitaxial TlBaCaCuO (TBCCO) and YBa2Cu3O7-8 (YBCO) films has been demonstrated on a small number of substrates. At present, LaAlO3 is inert, minimizing interdiffusion between the substrate and superconductor and has a good lattice match to the HTS structure. However, there are limitations to its wide-scale use. The two most significant problems are the high dielectric constant (23.5) and twinning. The most promising near-term alternative substrate which does not have these problems is MgO; however, growth of high quality TBCCO films on this substrate is difficult. In addition, for YBCO, the quality of the superconductor is degraded relative to YBCO on LaAlO3. MgO will be used as the substrate in Phase II because of the thermal expansion match between MgO and the superconductor.

• Program Officer

  Darryl G. Gorman

• Min Amd Letter Date

  3/27/1995 - 29 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  11/2/1995 - 29 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC

• City

  SANTA BARBARA

• State

  CA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  460 WARD DRIVE

• Postal Code

  931112310

• Phone Number

  8056837646

• First Name

  Michael

• Last Name

  Eddy

• Start Date

  3/27/1995 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Condensed Matter Physics

• Code

  14