Fabrication of high temperature superconductors

US6579360B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · US

Inventors

• Uthamalingam Balachandran · Willowbrook, US
• Stephen E. Dorris · Bourbonnais, US
• Beihai Ma · Naperville, US
• Meiya Li · Woodridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N60/0521

Abstract

A method of forming a biaxially aligned superconductor on a non-biaxially aligned substrate substantially chemically inert to the biaxially aligned superconductor comprising is disclosed. A non-biaxially aligned substrate chemically inert to the superconductor is provided and a biaxially aligned superconductor material is deposited directly on the non-biaxially aligned substrate. A method forming a plume of superconductor material and contacting the plume and the non-biaxially aligned substrate at an angle greater than 0° and less than 90° to deposit a biaxially aligned superconductor on the non-biaxially aligned substrate is also disclosed. Various superconductors and substrates are illustrated.