The ultimate goal of this project is to enable reproducibility, enhancement and tunability of properties and functionalities in various natural and artificial grain boundaries (GB) in superconducting thin films and multilayers. The performance of GBs is crucial in high temperature superconductivity (HTS), limiting applications of its extraordinary properties. The new research approach proposed, based on specific magnetic layer architectures, is expected to lead to a groundbreaking solution, which is alternative and also complementary to conventional microstructural advances. The overall success will result in the desirable control of electromagnetic properties in GBs, and also the fulfilment of original revolutionary expectations of HTS.
The ultimate goal of this project is to enable reproducibility, enhancement and tunability of properties and functionalities in various natural and artificial grain boundaries (GB) in superconducting thin films and multilayers. The performance of GBs is crucial in high temperature superconductivity (HTS), limiting applications of its extraordinary properties. The new research approach proposed, based on specific magnetic layer architectures, is expected to lead to a groundbreaking solution, which is alternative and also complementary to conventional microstructural advances. The overall success will result in the desirable control of electromagnetic properties in GBs, and also the fulfilment of original revolutionary expectations of HTS.
