Aligned carbon nanotubes sandwiched in epitaxial NbC film for enhanced superconductivity

Yingying Zhang; Filip Ronning; Krzysztof Gofryk; Nathan A Mara; Nestor Haberkorn; Guifu Zou; Haiyan Wang; Joon H Lee; Eve Bauer; Thomas M McCleskey; Anthony K Burell; Leonardo Civale; Y T Zhu; Quanxi Jia

doi:10.1039/c2nr11906d

Aligned carbon nanotubes sandwiched in epitaxial NbC film for enhanced superconductivity

Nanoscale. 2012 Apr 7;4(7):2268-71. doi: 10.1039/c2nr11906d. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Authors

Yingying Zhang¹, Filip Ronning, Krzysztof Gofryk, Nathan A Mara, Nestor Haberkorn, Guifu Zou, Haiyan Wang, Joon H Lee, Eve Bauer, Thomas M McCleskey, Anthony K Burell, Leonardo Civale, Y T Zhu, Quanxi Jia

Affiliation

¹ Division of Materials Physics and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 22370969
DOI: 10.1039/c2nr11906d

Abstract

Highly aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) ribbons were sandwiched in epitaxial superconducting NbC films by a chemical solution deposition method. The incorporation of aligned long CNTs into NbC film enhances the normal-state conductivity and improves the superconducting properties of the assembly.

MeSH terms

Electric Conductivity*
Electroplating / methods
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Models, Biological
Nanocomposites / chemistry
Nanotechnology / methods
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Niobium / chemistry*
Surface Properties

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon
Niobium
niobium carbide