Nanostructured Metamaterials for High-Tc Superconductivity

Abstract

In this joint NICOP-NRL project, including the University of Maryland and Towson University, the PI andco-workers will characterize the electrical and magnetic properties of novel epitaxial nanocompositedielectric/HTS thin film systems, a new materials platform developed by Driscoll et al. Thin film sampleswill be grown and by collaborators at the University of Cambridge, who will also use standardtechniques (x-ray diffraction, AFM, electron microscopy, etc.) to characterize the material properties ofthe samples. Collaborators at NRL will characterize the electrical and magnetic properties of thesamples. Collaborators at Towson will characterize the samples using optical measurements. The PI andCo-PI will model the results using a theory developed by Smolyaninov at the University of Maryland, andSmolyaninova at Towson [I.I. Smolyaninov and V.N. Smolyaninova, ???Metamaterial superconductors???,Phys. Rev. B 91, 094501, (2015).]. Since the materials growth methods in this program are readilytranslatable to industrial conductor fabrication, our results will eventually enable practical highperformance superconducting advanced power systems to be developed, an important goal for theNavy after the end of this project.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jul 27, 2018
Source ID
N000141812653

Entities

People

  • Christopher Davis

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of Maryland

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene