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Anna Palau Group

Led by Dr. Anna Palau

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).

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.

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Dr. Anna Palau Masoliver

Group

Alejandro Fernández-Rodríguez
Jordi Alcalà
Aleix Barrera
Thomas Günkel
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)

Research Interests

  • Modulation of the Superconducting Order Parameter – Superconducting Nanostructures, Quantum Devices

  • Control of Quantum Phase Transitions – Field Induced Reversible Metal-Insulating Transition

  • Hybrid systems based on High-Temperature Superconductors – Spintronic Devices and Metamaterials

    Dissemination and Outreach

    Books

    Superconductivity. From Materials Science to Practical Applications

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

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

    Springer (2021)
    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.)

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

    Tafuri (Eds.) De Gruyter (2017)
    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.

    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

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