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Palau Masoliver

Anna

Tenured Scientist - CT

Superconducting Materials and Nanostructure at Large Scale

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Department: Superconducting Materials and Nanostructure at Large Scale

Biography

I got a degree on Physics (1999) at UB and Materials Science Engineering at UPC (2000). I received a PhD on Materials Science in 2005 at ICMAB-CSIC. My PhD was focused on the study of transport properties and granularity effects in superconducting coated conductors for power applications. During may postdoc (2005-2007), as a Research associate at the Device Materials Group of University of Cambridge (U.K), I extended my expertise in thin film growth, 3D nano-lithography, advanced transport characterization and vortex physics. Since 2007 I’m a Tenured Researcher at ICMAB-CSIC leading the research activity on superconducting materials and hybrid systems for energy efficient Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Research interest

My research interest is focused on the study of functional materials, including strongly correlated oxides, structured superconductors and hybrid systems, both from a fundamental point of view of the physical phenomena that define their properties, as well as their possible applications. My research activity is devoted to explore the opportunities that materials science, combined with the use of advanced nano-fabrication technologies, can offer to the development of novel systems with advanced functionalities which may contribute to the development of efficient and sustainable ICT.

Magnetic Metasurfaces for sustainable Information and Communication technologies

Our project introduces a novel and ground-breaking approach targeting the conception, design, development, and implementation of magnetic metasurfaces for controlling lowfrequency magnetic fields at the meso/microscale.

Students and Researchers

  • POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

    • Alejandro Fernández-Rodríguez
  • PHD STUDENTS

    • Jordi Alcalà
    • Aleix Barrera
    • Thomas Günkel
  • UNDERGRADUATED STUDENTS

    • Sergio Mariscal
    • Ian López Sales
    • Miquel Subirana Mas
  • FORMER MEMBERS

    • Sergio Herce (Master Student)
    • Pau Ternero (Master Student)
    • Mireia Berbel (Undergraduated Student)
    • Joan Mora (Undergraduated Student)
    • Sergio Herce (Undergraduated Student)
    • Anna Solé (Undergraduated Student)
    • Xavier Marcó (Undergraduated Student)
    • Alba Martos (Undergraduated Student)
    • Pau Ternero (Undergraduated Student)
    • Xavi Oliver (Undergraduated Student)
    • Mercè Roig (Undergraduated Student)
    • Josep Maria Batllori (Undergraduated Student)
    • Anna Maria Riera (Undergraduated Student)

Publications

  • 2022

    Autores: A. Barrera, E. Forneau, S. Martín, J.M. Batllori, J. Alcalà, L. Balcells, N. Mestes, N.D Nguyen, A. Sanchez, A.V. Silhanek, A. Palau
    Título: Tunable Perpendicular Magnetoresistive Sensor Driven by Shape and Substrate Induced Magnetic Anisotropy
    Revista: Advanced Sensor Research, 2200042 (2022)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202200042

    Autores: J. Alcalà, U. Bhattacharya, J. Biegert, M. Ciappina, U. Elu, T. Grass, P. Grochowski, M. Lewenstein, A. Palau, T. Sidropoulos, T. Steinle, I. Tyulnev
    Título: High-Harmonic spectroscopy of quantum phase transitions in a high-Tc superconductor
    Revista: PNAS, 119, e2207766119 (2022)
    Identificación: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2207766119

    Autores: S. Marinkovic, A. Fernández-Rodríguez, E. Fourneau, M. Cabero, H. Wang, N.D. Nguyen, J. Gazquez, N. Mestres, A. Palau, A. Silhanek
    Título: From Electric Control to Thermal Defect Nucleation in Perovskites
    Revista: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2200963 (2022)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/admi.202200953

    Autores: F. Vallès, A. Palau, D. Abraimov, J. Jarosynski, A. Constantinescu, B. Mundet, X. Obradors, D. Larbalestier, T. Puig
    Título: Optimizing vortex pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-d superconducting films up to high magnetic fields
    Revista: Communications Materials, , 45 (2022)
    Identificación: doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00266-y

    Autores: J. Alcalà, P. Ternero, C. Pop, L. Piperno, S. Ricart, N. Mestres, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Meledin, G. Celentano, A. Palau
    Título: Influence of growth temperature on the pinning landscape of YBa2Cu3O7-d films grown from Ba-deficient solutions
    Revista: Supercond. Sci. Technol. 35, 104004 (2022)
    Identificación: doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ac8580

    Autores: S. Collienne, S. Marinkovic, A. Fernández-Rodríguez, N. Mestres, A. Palau, A.V. Silhanek
    Título: Electrically-driven oxygen vacancy aggregation and displacement in YBCO films
    Revista: Adv. Electron. Mater. 1-10, 2101290 (2022)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202101290

    Autores: A. Daniel, M. Nasui, T. Petrisor, R.B. Sonher, A. Augieri, C. Pop, A. Palau, A. Vannozzi, G. Celentano, L. Ciontea, T. Petrisor.
    Título: Investigation of diethanolamine (DEA) as chelating agent in the fabrication of fluorine-free propionate route YBCO thin films
    Revista: Supercond. Sci. Technol. 35, 054010 (2022)
    Identificación: DOI: org/10.1088/1361-6668/ac6298

  • 2021

    Autores: P. Ternero, J. Alcalà, L. Piperno, C. Pop, S. Ricart, N. Mestres, X. Obradors, T. Puig, G. Sotgiu, G. Celentano, A. Palau
    Título: Low-Fluorine B-deficient solutions for high-performance superconducting YBCO films
    Revista: Coatings, 11, 199 (2021)
    Identificación: DOI:10.3390/coatings11020199

    Autores: E. Bartolomé, A. Arauzo, S. Herce, A. Palau, N. Mestres, S. Fuertes, P. Sevilla, N. S. Settineri, L. Navarro-Spreafico, J. González, E. C. Sañudo
    Título: Luminiscent and Magnetic Tb-MOF Flakes Deposited on Silicon
    Revista: Molecules, 26, 5503 (2021)
    Identificación: DOI:10.3390/molecules26185503

    Autores: A. Stangl, A. Palau, G. Deutscher, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Ultra‐high critical current densities of superconductingYBa2Cu3O7‐δ thin films in the overdoped state
    Revista: Scientific Reports, 11, 8176 (2021)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87639-4

    Autores: B. Villarejo, F. Pino, C. Pop, S. Ricart, F. Vallès, B. Mundet, A. Palau, P. Roura-Grabulosa, J. Farjas, N. Chamorro, R. Yáñez, X. Granados, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: High Performance of Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 Thick Films Prepared by Single-Deposition Inkjet Printing
    Revista: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3, 3948 (2021)
    Identificación: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.1c00513

  • 2020

    Autores: S. Marinkovic, A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, S. Colliene, S. Blanco Alvarez, S. Melinte, B. Maiorov, G. Rius, X. Granados, N. Mestres, A. Palau*, A.V. Silhanek*
    Título: Direct visualization of current-stimulated oxygen migration in YBCO thin films
    Revista: ACS Nano 14, 11765 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04492

    Autores: B. Villarejo, C. Pop, S. Ricart, B. Mundet, A. Palau, P. Roure-Grabulosa, J. Farjas, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Pyrolysis study of solution-derived superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 films: disentangling the physico-chemical transformations
    Revista: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8, 10266 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1039/d0tc01846e

    Autores: A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, J. Alcalà, J. Suñe, N. Mestres, A. Palau
    Título: Multi-Terminal Transistor-Like Devices Based on Strongly Correlated Metallic Oxides for Neuromorphic Applications
    Revista: Materials 13, 281 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI:10.3390/ma13020281

    Autores: Z. Li, M. Coll, B. Mundet, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Suppression of superconductivity at the nanoscale in chemical solution derived YBCO thin films with defective Y2Ba4Cu8O16 intergrowths
    Revista: Nanoscale Advances, 2, 3384 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1039/d0na00456a

    Autores: J.C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, S. Catalano, I. Maggio-aprile, M. Gibert, X. Obradors, A. Palau, T. Puig
    Título: Nanoscale Correlations between Metal–Insulator Transition and Resistive Switching Effect in Metallic Perovskite Oxides
    Revista: Small, 2001307, 1-10 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001307

    Autores: E. Bartolomé, J. Alcalà, F. Vallès, T. Puig, X. Obradors, N. Pompeo, A. Alimenti, K. Torokhtii, F. Rizzo, A. Augieri, G. Celentano, E. Siva, A. Palau
    Título: Vortex pinning properties at dc and microwave frequencies of YBa2Cu3O7-x films with nanorods and nanoparticles
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology 33, 074006 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/ab8f18

    Autores: N. Pompeo, A. Alimenti, K. Torokhtii, E. Bartolomé, A. Palau, T. Puig, A. Augieri, V. Galluzzi, A. Mancini, G. Celentano, X. Obradors and E. Silva
    Título: Intrinsic anisotropy and pinning anisotropy in nanostructured YBa2Cu3O7−δ from microwave measurements
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology 33, 044017 (2020)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/ab773b

  • 2019

    Autores: V. Rouco, C. Navau, N. Del-Valle, D. Massarotti, G. P. Papari, D. Stornaiuolo, X. Obradors, T. Puig, F. Tafuri, A. Sanchez, A. Palau
    Título: Depairing Current at High Magnetic Fields in Vortex-Free High- Temperature Superconducting Nanowires
    Revista: Nano Letters, 19, 4174 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01693

    Autores: A. Ramos-Alvarez, N. Feischmann, L. Vidas, A. Fernandez, A. Palau, S.Wall
    Título: Probing the lattice anharmonicity of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−δ via phonon harmonics
    Revista: Physical Review B, 100, 184302 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184302

    Autores: E. Bartolomé, F. Vallés, A. Palau, V. Rouco, N. Pompeo, F. F. Balakirev, B. Maiorov, L. Civale, T. Puig, X. Obradors, and E. Silva
    Título: Intrinsic anisotropy versus effective pinning anisotropy in YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films and nanocomposites
    Revista: Physical Review B, 100, 054502 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.054502

    Autores: Z. Li, B. Mundet, N. Chamorro, F. Valles, A. Palau, J. Gazquez, S. Ricart, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Control of nanostructure and pinning properties in solution deposited YBCO nanocomposites with preformed perovskite nanoparticles
    Revista: Scientific Reports, 9, 5828 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42291-x

    Autores: Z. Li, M. Coll, B. Mundet, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Accelerated growth by flash heating of high critical current trifluoroacetate solution derived epitaxial superconducting YBCO films
    Revista: Journal of materials Chemistry C, 7, 4748 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1039/C9TC00488B

    Autores: X.B.A. Baumans, A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, N. Mestres, S. Collienne, J. Van de Vondel, A. Palau, V. Silhanek
    Título: Electromigration in the dissipative state of high-temperature superconducting bridges
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters, 114, 012601 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.5063797

    Autores: J.C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, R. Ortega-Hernandez, B. Arndt, M. Coll, R. Dittmann, X. Obradors, A. Palau, J. Suñe, T. Puig
    Título: Engineering Oxygen migration for homogeneous volume resistive switching in 3-terminal devices
    Revista: Advanced Electronic Materials, 1800629 (2019)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201800629

  • 2018

    Autores: A. Palau, A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, J.C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, X. Granados, M. Coll, B. Bozzo, R. Ortega-Hernandez, J. Sune, N. Mestres, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Electrochemical Tuning of Metal Insulator Transition and Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Superconducting
    Revista: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 30522 – 30531 (2018)
    Identificación: ISSN 1944-8244, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b08042

    Autores: F. Valles, A. Palau, V. Rouco, B. Mundet, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Angular flux creepc ontributions in YBa2Cu3O7-delta nanocomposites from electrical transport measurements
    Revista: Scientific Reports, 8, 5924 (2018)
    Identificación: ISSN 2045-2322, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24392-1

    Autores: A. Palau, F. Vallès, V. Rouco, M. Coll, Z, Li, C. Pop, B. Mundet, J. Gazquez, R. Guzman, J. Guterrez, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Disentangling vortex pinning landscape in chemical solution depostied superconducting YBCO films and nanocomposites
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technologoy, 31, 034004 (2018)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aaa65e

    Autores: X. Obradors, T. Puig, Z. Li, C. Pop, B. Mundet, N. Chamorro, F. Valles, M. Coll, S. Ricart, B. Vallejo, F. Pino A. Palau, J. Gazquez, J. Ros, A. Usoskin
    Título: Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x nanocomposite films and coated conductors from BaMO3 (M = Zr, Hf) colloidal solutions
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 31, 4 (2018)
    Identificación: ISSN 0953-2048, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aaaad7

    Autores: V. Rouco, D. Massarotti, D. Stornaiuolo, G.P. Papari, X. Obradors, T. Puig, F. Tafuri, A. Palau
    Título: Vortex Lattice Instabilities in YBa2Cu3O7-x Nanowires
    Revista: Materials, 11, 2 (2018)
    Identificación: ISSN 1996-1944, DOI: 10.3390/ma11020211

  • 2017

    Autores: V. Rouco, R. Cordoba, J.M. De Teresa, L.A. Rodriguez, C. Navau, N. Del-Valle, G. Via, A. Sanchez, C. Monton, F. Kronast, X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Palau
    Título: Competition between Superconductor - Ferromagnetic stray magnetic fields in YBa2Cu3O7- (x) films pierced with Co nano-rods
    Revista: Scientific Reports 7, 5663 (2017)
    Identificación: ISSN 2045-2322, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05909-6

    Autores: P. Cayado, B. Mundet, H. Eloussifi, F. Valles, M. Coll, S. Ricart, J. Gazquez, A. Palau, P. Roura, J. Farjas, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Epitaxial superconducting GdBa2Cu3O7-delta/Gd2O3 nanocomposite thin films from advanced low-fluorine solutions
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology. 30, 125010 (2017)
    Identificación: ISSN 0953-2048, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aa8ffe

    Autores: M. Vilardell, J. Fornell, J. Sort, R. Vlad, J.C. Fernandez, J. Puig, A. Usoskin, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Calleja
    Título: Inkjet-Printed Chemical Solution Y2O3 Layers for Planarization of Technical Substrates
    Revista: Coatings 7, 227 (2017)
    Identificación: ISSN 2079-6412, DOI: 10.3390/coatings7120227

    Autores: P. Cayado, C.F. Sanchez-Valdes, A. Stangl, M. Coll, P. Roura, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Untangling surface oxygen exchange effects in YBa2Cu3O6+x thin films by electrical conductivity relaxation
    Revista: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 14129 (2017)
    Identificación: ISSN 1463-9076, DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01855j

    Autores: J.C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, R. Ortega-Hernandez, J. Jareno-Cerulla, E. Miranda, J. Sune, X. Granados, X. Obradors, A Palau, T. Puig
    Título: Volume Resistive Switching in metallic perovskite oxides driven by the Metal-Insulator Transition
    Revista: Journal of Electroceramics, 39, 185 (2017)
    Identificación: ISSN 1385-3449, DOI: 10.1007/s10832-017-0101-2

  • 2016

    Autores: J. Gazquez, R. Guzman, R. Mishra, E. Bartolomé J. Salafranca, C. Magen, M. Varela, M. Coll, A. Palau, M. Valvidares, G. Pierluigi, E. Pellegrin, J. Herrero-Martin, S.J. Pennycook, S.T. Pantelides, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Emerging Diluted Ferromagnetism in High-Tc Superconductors Driven by Point Defect Clusters
    Revista: Advanced Science, 3, 1500295 (2016)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500295

    Autores: A. Palau, S. Valencia, N. Del-Valle, C. Navau, M. Cialone, A. Arora, F. Kronast, D.A. Tennant, X. Obradors, A. Sanchez, T. Puig
    Título: Encoding Magnetic States in Monopole-Like Configurations Using Superconducting Dots
    Revista: Advanced Science, 3, 1600207 (2016)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600207

    Autores: X. Palmer, C. Pop, H. Eloussifi, P. Roura, j. Farjas, A. Calleja, A. Palau, X. Obradors, T. Puig, S. Ricart
    Título: Solution design for Low Fluorine Trifluoroacetate route to YBa2Cu3O7 films
    Revista: Superconductor Science and Technology, 29, 024002 (2016)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/29/2/024002

    Autores: K. Keukeleere, P. Cayado, A. Meledin, F. Vallès, J. DeRoo, H. Rijckaert, G. Pollefeyt, E. Bruneel, A. Palau, M. Coll, S. Ricart, G. Van Tenderloo, T. Puig, X. Obradors, I. Van Driessche
    Título: Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7–δ Nanocomposites Using Preformed ZrO2 Nanocrystals: Growth Mechanisms and Vortex Pinning Properties
    Revista: Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, 1600161 (2016)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201600161

  • 2015

    Autores: P. Cayado, K. DeKeukeleere, A. Garzón, L. Perez-Mirabet, A. Meledin, J. deRoo, F. Vallès, B. Mundet, H. Rijckaert, G. Pollefeyt, M. Coll, S. Ricart, A. Palau, J. Gazquez, J. Ros, G. Van Tenderloo, I. Van Driessche, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7−x nanocomposite thin films from colloidal solutions
    Revista: Superconductor Science and Technology, 28, 124007 (2015)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/28/12/124007

    Autores: F. Colauto, M. Motta, A. Palau, M.G. Blamire, T.H. Johansen, W. Ortiz
    Título: First Observation of Flux Avalanches in a-MoSi Superconducting Thin Films
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 25, 7500704 (2015)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2014.2376183

    Autores: V. Rouco, A. Palau, C. Monton, N. del-Valle, C. Navau, A. Sanchez, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Geometrically controlled ratchet effect with collective vortex motion
    Revista: New Journal of Physics, 17, 073022 (2015)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/7/073022

    Autores: R. Ortega-Hernandez, M. Coll, J.C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, A. Palau, X. Obradors, E. Miranda, T. Puig, J. Suñe
    Título: Resistive switching in CeO2/La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 bilayer for non-volatile memory applications
    Revista: Microelectronic Engineering, 147, 37(2015)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2015.04.042

  • 2014

    Autores: M. Coll, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez-Rossillo, J. Gazquez, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Integration of atomic layer de position CeO2 thin films with functional complex oxides and 3D patterns
    Revista: Thin Solid Films, 553, 7 (2014)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.08.131

    Autores: A. Palau, V. Rouco, R. Luccas, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Nanowall pinning for enhanced pinning forcé in YBCO films with nanofabricated structures
    Revista: Physica C, 506, 178 - 183 (2014)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2014.06.011

    Autores: V. Rouco, A. Palau, R. Guzman, J. Gazquez, M. Coll, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Role of twin boundaries on vortex pinning of CSD YBCO nanocomposites
    Revista: Superconductor Science and Technology, 27, 125009 (2014)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/27/12/125009

    Autores: M. Coll, R. Guzman, P. Garcés, J. Gazquez, V. Rouco, A. Palau, S. Ye, C. Nagen, H. Castro, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Size-controlled spontaneously segregated Ba2YTaO6 nanoparticles in YBa2Cu3O7 nanocomposites obtained by chemical solution deposition
    Revista: Superconductor Science and Technology, 27, 044008 (2014)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/27/4/044008

    Autores: V. Rouco, E. Bartolomé, B. Mairov, J. Gazquez, A. Palau, L. Civale, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Vortex creep in TFA–YBCO nanocomposite films
    Revista: Superconductor Science and Technology. 27, 115008 (2014)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/27/11/115008

  • 2013

    Autores: M. Vilardell, X. Granados, S. Ricart, I. VanDriessche, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Flexible manufacturing of functional ceramic coatings by inkjet printing
    Revista: Thin Solid Films, 548, 489 – 497 (2013)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.09.012

    Autores: E. Bartolome, R. Vlad, A. Calleja, M. Akalalouch, R. Guzman, J. Arbiol, X. Granados, A. Palau, X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Usoskin
    Título: Magnetic and structural characterization of inkjet-printed (YBa2Cu3O7-x)-Y-TFA/(MOD)CZO/(ABAD)YSZ/SS coated conductors
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 26, 125004 (2013)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/26/12/125004

    Autores: M. Coll, S. Ye, V. Rouco, A. Palau, R. Guzman, J. Gazque, J. Arbiaol, H. Suo, T. Puig X. Obradors
    Título: Solution-derived YBa2Cu3O7 nanocomposite films with a Ba2YTaO6 secondary phase for improved superconducting properties
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 26, 015001 (2013)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/26/1/015001

    Autores: R. Guzman, J. Gazquez, V. Rouco, A. Palau, C. Magne, M. Varela, J. Arbiol, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Strain-driven broken twin boundary coherence in YBa2Cu3O7-delta nanocomposite thin films
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters. 102, 081906 (2013)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.4793749

    Autores: J. Trastoy, V. Roucco, C. Ulysse, R. Bernard, A. Palau, T. Puig, G. Faini, J. Lesueur, J. Briatico, J.E. Villegas
    Título: Unusual magneto-transport of YBa2Cu3O7-delta films due to the interplay of anisotropy, random disorder and nanoscale periodic pinning
    Revista: New Journal of Physics, 15, 103002 (2013)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/10/103022

    Autores: M. Vilardell, X. Granados, S. Ricart, A. Calleja, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Patterning of functional ceramic oxides on metallic substrates by inkject printing
    Revista: NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference, 5, 503-507 (2013)
    Identificación: ISSN 2169-4451

  • 2012

    Autores: A. Llordés, A. Palau, J. Gazquez, M. Coll, R. Vlad, A. Pomar, J. Arbiol, R. Guzman, S. Ye, V Rouco, F. Sandiumenge, S. Ricart, T. Puig, M. Varela, D. Chateigner, J. Vanacken, J. Gutierrez, V. Moshchalkov, G. Deutscher, C. Magen, X. Obradors
    Título: Nanoscale strain-induced pair suppression as a vortex-pinning mechanism in high-temperature superconductors
    Revista: Nature Materials, 11, 329 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3247

    Autores: M. Coll, J. Gazquez, A. Palau, M. Varela, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: LowTemperature Epitaxial Oxide Ultrathin Films and Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition
    Revista: Chemistry of Materials, 24, 3732 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1021/cm301864c

    Autores: V. Rouco, E. Bartolome, A. Palau, M. Coll, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Nanostrain induced pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-x nanocomposites even close to the irreversibility line
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 25, 122001 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 0.1088/0953-2048/25/12/122001

    Autores: X. Obradors, T. Puig, S. Ricart, M. Coll, J. Gazquez, A. Palau, X. Granados
    Título: Growth, nanostructure and vortex pinning in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 thin films based on trifluoroacetate solutions
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, TOPICAL REVIEW, 25, 123001 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/25/12/123001

    Autores: A. Palau, C. Monton, V. Rouco, X. Obradors, T. Puig
    Título: Guided vortex motion in YBa2Cu3O7 thin films with collective ratchet pinning potentials
    Revista: Physical Review B. 85, 012502 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.012502

    Autores: X. Obradors, F. Martinez-Julian, K. Zalamova, V.R. Vlad, A. Pomar, A. Palau, A. Llordes, H. Chen, M. Coll, S. Ricart, N Mestres, X. Granados, T. Puig, M. Rikel
    Título: Nucleation and mesostrain influence on percolating critical currents of solution derived YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting thin films
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 482, 58 – 67 (2012)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2012.04.020

  • 2011

    Autores: P. Abellan, F. Sandiumenge, M.J. Casanove, M. Gibert, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Interaction between solution derived BaZrO3 nanodot interfacial templates and YBa2Cu3O7 films leading to enhanced critical currents
    Revista: Acta Materialia, 59, 2075 - 2082 (2011)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.12.008

    Autores: A. Palau, E. Bartolomé, A. Llordes, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Isotropic and anisotropicpinning in TFA-grown YBa2Cu3O7-x films with BaZrO3 nanoparticles
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology. 24, 125010 (2011)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/24/12/125010

    Autores: D.X. Chen, G. Via, C. Navau, N. Del-Valle, A. Sanchez, S.S. Wang, V.Rouco, A. Palau, T. Puig
    Título: Perpendicular ac susceptibility and critical current density of distant superconducting twin films
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 24, 075004 (2011)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/24/7/075004

    Autores: A. Palau, A. Llordes, M. Gibert, T. Puig, A. Pomar, X. Obradors
    Título: Pinning Landscape Analysis in YBCO Films With Epitaxial and/or Non-Coherent BZO Nanoparticles
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 21, 3243 (2011)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2092408

    Autores: E. Bartolome, A. Palau, A. Llordes, M. Gibert, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Vortex Dynamics in Nanostructured TFA-Grown YBCO Films Studied by Ac Susceptibility
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 21, 3189 - 3191 (2011)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2089955

  • 2010

    Autores: A. Llordes, K. Zalamova, S. Ricart, A. Palau, A. Pomar, T. Puig, A. Hardy, M.K. VanBael, X. Obradors
    Título: Evolution of Metal-Trifluoroacetate Precursors in the Thermal Decomposition toward High-Performance YBa2Cu3O7 Superconducting Films
    Revista: Chemistry of Materials, 22,1686 - 1694 (2010)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1021/cm903080k

    Autores: K. Zalamova, A. Pomar, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Intermediate phase evolution in YBCO thin films grown by the TFA process
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 23, 014012 (2010)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/23/1/014012

    Autores: E. Bartolome, A. Palau, A. Llordes, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Vortex dynamics at high ac amplitudes of trifluoracetate route grown YBa2Cu3O7-x-BaZrO3 nanocomposites
    Revista: Physical Review B, 81, 184530 (2010)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.184530

    Autores: E. Bartolome, A. Palau, A. Llordes, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Vortex oscillations in TFA-grown YBCO thin-films with BZO nanoparticles
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 470, 2033 - 2039 (2010)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2010.09.009

  • 2009

    Autores: A. Pomar, V.R. Vlad, A. Llordes, A. Palau, J. Gutierrez, S. Ricart, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Usoskin
    Título: Enhanced Vortex Pinning in YBCO Coated Conductors With BZO Nanoparticles From Chemical Solution Deposition
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19, 3258 - 3261 (2009)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018422

    Autores: V.R. Vlad, K. Zalamova, M. Coll, A. Pomar, A. Palau, J. Gutierrez, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Usoskin
    Título: Growth of Chemical Solution Deposited (YBCO)-Y-TFA/(MOD)(Ce,Zr)/(ABAD)YSZ/SS Coated Conductors
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19, 3212 - 3215 (2009)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2019664

    Autores: J. Gutierrez, A. Palau, J.H. Durrel, N. Roma, T. Puig, X. Obradors, M.G. Blamire
    Título: Vortex dynamics in thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-x with three-dimensional nanoscale patterns
    Revista: Physical Review B. 79, 064526 (2009)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.064526

  • 2008

    Autores: A. palau, R. Dinner, J.H. Durrel, M.G. Blamire
    Título: Vortex breaking and cutting in type II superconductors
    Revista: Physical Review Letters, 101, 07002 (2008)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.097002

  • 2007

    Autores: E. Bartolome, A. Palau, J. Gutierrez, X. Granados, A. Pomar, T. Puig, X. Obradors, V. Cambel, J. Soltys, D. Gregusova, D.X. Chen, A. Sanchez
    Título: Artificial magnetic granularity effects on patterned epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films
    Revista: Physical Review B. 76, 094508 (2007)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.094508

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Grain and grain boundary vortexd ynamics in YBa2Cu3O7-delta coated conductor by ac susceptibility
    Revista: Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 073911 (2007)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.2783955

    Autores: A. Palau, H. Parvaneh, N.A. Stelmashenko, H. Wang, J.L. Macmanus-Driscoll, M.G. Blamire
    Título: Hysteretic vortex pinning in superconductor-ferromagnet nanocomposites
    Revista: Physical Review Letters. 98, 117003 (2007)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.117003

    Autores: A. Palau, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, M.G. Blamire
    Título: Magnetic vortex pinning in superconductor/ferromagnet nanocomposites
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 20, S136 - S140 (2007)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/20/9/S04

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, Ch. Jooss
    Título: Simultaneous determination of grain and grain-boundary critical currents in YBa2Cu3O7-x coated conductors by magnetic measurements
    Revista: Physical Review B. 75, 054517 (2007)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.054517

  • 2006

    Autores: A. Palau, J.H. Durrell, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, S. Harrington, T. Puig, F. Sandiumenge, X. Obradors, M.G. Blamire
    Título: Crossover between channeling and pinning at twin boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7 thin films
    Revista: Physical Review Letters, 97, 257002 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.257002

    Autores: A. Pomar, A. Cavallaro, M. Coll, J. Gazquez, A. Palau, F. Sandiumenge, T. Puig, X. Obradors, H.C. Freyhardt
    Título: All-chemical YBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors on IBAD-YSZ stainless steel substrates
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 19, L1 - L4 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/19/1/L01

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, R. Feenstra, A.A. Gapud
    Título: Correlation between grain and grain-boundary critical current densities in ex situ coated conductors with variable YBa2Cu3O7-delta layer thickness
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters, 88, 122502 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.2188044

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, R. Feenstra, A.A. Gapud, E.D. Specht, D.M. Feldmann, T.G. Holesinger
    Título: Grain and grain-boundary critical currents in coated conductors with noncorrelating YBa2Cu3O7 and substrate grain-boundary networks
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters, 88, 2172737 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.2172737

    Autores: A.E. Carrillo, T. Puig, A. Palau, X. Obradors, H.Z. Zheng, L. Chen, A.P. Paulikas, B.W. Veal, H. Claus
    Título: New Microcrack Network Generation in TSMTG YBCO
    Revista: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series. 43, 397 – 400 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/43/1/099

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, J. Gutierrez, X. Obradors, F. de la Cruz
    Título: Pinning regimes of grain boundary vórtices in YBa2Cu3O7-x coated conductors
    Revista: Physical Review B, 73, 132508 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.132508

    Autores: A. Pomar, J. Gutierrez, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Porosity in ducedmagnetic granularity in epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 thin films
    Revista: Physical Review B, 73, 214522 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.214522

    Autores: X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Pomar, F. Sandiumenge, N. Mestres, M. Coll, A. Cavallaro N. Roma, J. Gazquez, J.C. Gonzalez, O. Castano, J. Gutierrez, A. Palau, K. Zalamova, S. Morlens, A. Hassini, M. Gibert, S. Ricart, J.M. Moreto, S. Pinol, D. Isfort, J. Bock
    Título: Progress towards all-chemical superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-d coated conductors
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 19, S13 - S26 (2006)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/19/3/003

  • 2005

    Autores: B. Bozzo, S. Iliescu, E. Bartolome, A. Palau, X. Granados, T. Puig, X. Obradors, J. Amoros, M. Carrera
    Título: Determination of the inter- and intra-granular critical currents in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 welds
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 18, 1227 - 1232 (2005)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/18/9/015

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, R. Feenstra, H.C. Freyhardt
    Título: Effect of strain on grain and grain-boundary critical currents of YBCO coated conductors
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 15, 2790 - 2793 (2005)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.848214

    Autores: E. Bartolome, X. Granados, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, C. Navau, E. Pardo, A. Sanchez, H. Claus
    Título: Magnetization and critical current of finite superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 rings
    Revista: Physical Review B. 72, 024523 (2005)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024523

  • 2004

    Autores: X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Pomar, F. Sandiumenge, S. Pinol, N. Mestres, O. Castano, M. Coll, A. Cavallaro, A. Palau, J. Gazquez, J.C. Gonzalez, J. Gutierrez, N. Roma, S. Ricart, J.M. Moreto, M.D. Rossell, G. van Tenderloo
    Título: Chemical solution deposition: a path towards low cost coated conductors
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 17, 1055 - 1064 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/17/8/020

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, E. Pardo, C. Navau, A. Sanchez, A. Usoskin, H.C. Freyhardt, L. Fernandez, B. Holzapfel, R. Feenstra
    Título: Simultaneous inductive determination of grain and intergrain critical current densities of YBa2Cu3O7-x coated conductors
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters, 84,230 - 232 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.1639940

    Autores: D.X. Chen, E. Pardo, A. Sanchez, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors
    Título: Comparison of ac susceptibility of YBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors and single crystals
    Revista: Applied Physics Letters, 85, 5646 - 5648 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1063/1.1833568

    Autores: X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Pomar, N. Mestres, F. Sandiumenge, S. Pinol, O. Castano, A. Cavallaro, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez, M. Coll, J. Gazquez
    Título: Chemical solution growth of superconductors: a new path towards high critical current coated conductors
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 408, 913 - 914 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2004.03.160

    Autores: A. Cavallaro, O. Castano, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez, M.D. Rossell, T. Puig, F. Sandiumenge, N. Mestres, S. Pinol, X. Obradors
    Título: Chemical solution techniques for epitaxial growth of oxide buffer and YBa2Cu3O7 films
    Revista: Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 24, 1831 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(03)00448-5

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Usoskin, H. Freyhardt, L. Fernandez, B. Holzapfel, R. Feenstra, A. Sanchez, E. Pardo
    Título: Magnetic granularity analysis of YBCO coated conductors
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 408, 866 - 868 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2004.03.224

    Autores: T. Puig, A. Palau, X. Obradors, E. Pardo, C. Navau, A. Sanchez, C. Jooss, K. Guth, H.C. Feyhardt
    Título: The identiffication of grain boundary networks of distinct critical current density in YBa2Cu3O7-x coated conductors
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology,17, 1283 - 1288 (2004)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/17/11/008

  • 2003

    Autores: O. Cavallaro, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez, M. Rossell, T. Puig, F. Sandiumenge, N. Mestres, S. Pinol, A. Pomar, X. Obradors
    Título: High quality YBa2Cu3O7 thin films grown by trifluoroacetates metalorganic deposition
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 16, 45 - 53 (2003)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/16/1/309

    Autores: X. Granados, S. Sena, E. Bartolome, A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, M. Carrera, J. Amoros, H. Claus
    Título: Characterization of superconducting rings using an in-field Hall probe magnetic mapping system
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 13, 3667 - 3670 (2003)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.812426

    Autores: A. Palau, T. Puig, X. Obradors, A. Usoskin, H.C. Freyhardt, L. Fernandez, B. Holzapfel
    Título: Inductive analysis of magnetic granularity effects in YBCO IBAD and RABiTS coated conductors
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 13, 2599 - 2602 (2003)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.811858

    Autores: O. Castano, A. Cavallaro, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez, M. Rosell, T. Puig, S. Pinol, N. Mestres, F. Sandiumenge, A. Pomar, X. Obradors
    Título: Influence of porosity on the critical currents of trifluoroacetate-MOD YBa2Cu3O7 films
    Revista: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 13, 2504 - 2507 (2003)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.811832

  • 2002

    Autores: O. Castaño, A. Cavallaro, A. Palau, J.C. González, M. Rossell, T. Puig, F. Sandiumenge, N. Mestres, S. Piñol, X. Obradors
    Título: Scaling-up High-Tc Tapes by MOCVD, Spray Pyrolysis, and MOD Processes
    Revista: Ceramic Transactions, 140 (2002)
    Identificación: ISBN: 978-1-57498-155-1

    Autores: O. Castano, A. Palau, J.C. Gonzalez, S. Pinol, T. Puig, N. Mestres, F. Sandiumenge, X. Obradors
    Título: Epitaxial nucleation and growth of buffer layers and Y123 coated conductors deposited by metal-organic decomposition
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 372, 806 - 809 (2002)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(02)00912-7

    Autores: A.E. Carrillo, P. Rodriguez, T. Puig, A. Palau, X. Obradors, H. Zheng, U. Welp, L. Chen, B.W. Veal, H. Claus, G. Crabtree
    Título: Growth and microstructure of MTG REBa2Cu3O7/RE2' BaCuO5 with heavy rare earth elements
    Revista: Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications, 372, 1119 - 1122 (2002)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(02)00863-8

    Autores: P. Rodrigues, T. Puig, A.E. Carrillo, A. Palau, X. Obradors
    Título: Melt growth and microstructure development of high critical current REBa2Cu3O7 superconductors with a natural mixture of rare earths
    Revista: Superconductor Science & Technology, 15, 60 - 66 (2002)
    Identificación: DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/15/1/311

Books

  • Superconductivity. From Materials Science to Practical Applications

    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-23303-7

    P. Mele, K. Prassides, C. Tarantini, A. Palau, P. Badica, Alok K. Jha (Eds.) Springer (2020)

  • Potential of Copper Oxide High-Temperature Superconductors for Tailoring Ferromagnetic Spin Textures

    https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/potential-of-copper-oxide-high-temperature-superconductors-for-t/19679552

    J. Alcalà, M. Roig, S. Martín, A. Barrera, A. Fernández-Rodríguez, A. Pomar, L. Balcells, M. Coll, N. Mestres, A. Palau Book chapter in Surfaces and interfaces of metal oxide thin films, multilayers, nanoparticles and nanocomposites. A. G. Roca, P. Mele, H. Kijima-Aoki, E. Fantechi, J.K. Vejprovova, M. Kalbac, S. Kaneko, T. Endo (Eds.) Springer (2021)

  • Vortex dynamics in nanofabricated chemical solution deposition high-temperature superconducting films

    https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110456806-007/html

    A. Palau, V. Rouco, R.F. Luccas, X. Obradors, T. Puig Book chapter in Superconductors at Nanoscale. From basic research to applications. R. Wördenwever, V. Moshchalkov, S. Bending, F. Tafuri (Eds.) De Gruyter (2017)

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