Current-induced organization of vortex motion in type-II superconductors
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Vortex-lattice dynamics in type-II superconductors, wherein the barriers to vortex motion at sample surfaces also play an important role, are examined. An investigation of clean, detwinned YBa(sub 2)Cu(sub 3)O(sub 7-delta) crystals at temperatures around 80-90K show an interplay between surface pinning and weak bulk pinning which results in the formation of a defect superstructure in the vortex lattice. A new kind of vortex dynamics is shown by the current-induced organization.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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A pavement of pearl: Biomineralization
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Molluscs form their shells from calcium carbonate and a complex of biological macromolecules. Such composites are envied and admired by materials scientists. New research, using microscopic techniques, shows how nacre, a common shell material, grows. The pores in the matrix sheets enable the crystals to grow and keep them aligned. Schaffer and colleagues used a new scanning ion conductance microscopy technique
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Two coexisting vortex phases in the peak effect regime in a superconductor
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Research is presented concerning the use of a scanning a.c. Hall microscope to reveal the two distinct vortex-matter phases displaying different pinning strengths which coexist within the vortex phase of a type-II superconductor.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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