U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Microstructures, Critical Current Density and Flux Pinning in High Temperature Superconductors

小行星9316264 该奖项将支持道格拉斯Finnemore博士和一名来自爱荷华州州立大学物理和天文学系的高级研究生与S. X.新南威尔士大学材料科学与工程学院。在两年的时间里，Finnemore博士每年都会访问一次，而他的研究生每年会花三个月的时间与窦博士实验室的研究人员合作。 这项研究的主要重点是获得高温铋基氧化物超导体的合成动力学的理解和微观结构的基本传输性能的关系。该项目汇集了美国研究人员的专业知识和他们研究高温超导体熔化和冻结的X射线技术，以及澳大利亚集团在制备新材料和发现新工艺过程方面的专业知识。 在澳大利亚工业、技术和地区发展部的支持下，窦教授将对爱荷华州州立大学进行交流访问。

9316264 Finnemore This award will support the travel of Dr. Douglas Finnemore and an advanced graduate student from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University to conduct cooperative research on microstructures, critical current density and flux pinning in high temperature superconductors with Prof. S. X. Dou at the University of New South Wales, School of Materials Science and Engineering. Over a two-year period, a visit will be made each year by Dr. Finnemore while his graduate student spends up to three months each year collaborating with researchers in Dr. Dou's laboratory. The primary focus of this research is on gaining an understanding of the kinetics of synthesis of high temperature bismuth-based oxide superconductors and the relationship of microstructure to fundamental transport properties. This project brings together the expertise of the U.S. researchers and their x-ray technology for studying melting and freezing of high temperature superconductors with the Australian group's expertise in preparing new materials and uncovering new processing procedures. Prof. Dou will make exchange visits to Iowa State University through the support of the Australian Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development.