@article{PATENT, recid = {8758}, title = {Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors}, number = {PATENT}, month = {Jul}, year = {1999}, abstract = {A method of preparing a high temperature superconductor. A method of preparing a superconductor includes providing a powdered high temperature superconductor and a nanophase material. These components are combined to form a solid compacted mass with the material disposed in the polycrystalline high temperature superconductor. This combined mixture is rapidly heated, forming a dispersion of nanophase size particles without a eutectic reaction. These nanophase particles can have a flat plate or columnar type morphology.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/8758}, }