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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Argonne, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ulrich Welp, Lisle, IL (US);
Dean J. Miller, Darien, IL (US);
Wai-Kwong Kwok, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Martin W. Rupich, Framingham, MA (US);
Steven Fleshler, Brookline, MA (US);
Alexis P. Malozemoff, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 39/24 (2006.01); H01L 39/12 (2006.01); H01L 39/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 39/126 (2013.01); H01L 39/143 (2013.01); H01L 39/2483 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24413 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method comprising irradiating a polycrystalline rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal-oxide superconductor layer with protons having an energy of 1 to 6 MeV. The irradiating process produces an irradiated layer that comprises randomly dispersed defects with an average diameter in the range of 1-10 nm.