Digitally printed superconducting coatings and patterns Ghent University
The most suitable way to implement superconducting materials in large scale applications is as wires. To overcome the brittle nature of ceramic high-temperature superconductors and to increase the overall performance of the wire, a coated conductor design was developed. In this thesis, we focus on the development of ink-jet processing as a new technique for chemical solution deposition of Y(Gd)Ba2Cu3O7-U+03B4 [Y(Gd)BCO] coatings and patterns. ...