Superconducting Materials

The scientific work of the Superconducting Materials Group covers a wide area of preparation and characterization topics ranging from Powder In Tube (PIT) superconducting tapes, melt textured bulk materials and Coated Conductors  for power applications to general aspects of superconductors and functional thin films. Besides superconducting films also magnetic films and thin film heterostructures are under investigation.

For the deposition of this variety of functional thin film systems and heterostructures the Superconducting Materials Group operates a sophisticated Pulsed Laser Deposition laboratory, a sputtering system for magnetic films, an e-beam evaporation system and spin/dip-coating facilities for Chemical Solution Deposition of oxide films.

The members of the Superconducting Materials Group are involved in a number of national and international research projects on superconductor and functional thin film research and coordinate two larger research projects (DFG SPP 1239 and NESPA).  

• Superconducting Films
  
• Heterostructures of Superconducting and Magnetic Thin Films
  
• Powder in Tube (PIT) Tapes
  
• Basic and Pinning-relevant Properties of Superconductors
  
• Advanced Oxide Heterostructures
  
• Magnetic Films
• Melt Textured Bulk Superconductors
  
• Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Coated Conductors
• SupraTrans II