- development of technology of fabricating medium (MTS) and high temperature (HTS) superconducting materials, especially:
- fabricating of massive superconductors (YBCO, BSCCO);
- fabricating of MgB2 tapes and wires;
- basic research of superconductivity materials, inclusive of:
- a determining and analysing of the temperature characteristics;
- a determining and analysing the static and dynamic current-voltage characteristics;
- a magnetic research;
- a structural research of superconductors;
- analysis and modelling of electromagnetic and thermal phenomena in superconductors, inclusive of:
- an analysing of the magnetic field distribution in polycrystal superconductors;
- an analysing of the dynamic of the magnetic flux movement in transitional states;
- an analysing of the phenomena in metal-superconductor junctions;
- research in superconducting application.
The SMRT group disposes of a laboratory, equipped in the following systems and instruments allowing the realization of the above-mentioned tasks:
- a high temperature pipe furnace;
- a nitrogen bath cryostat OPTISTAT-DN (77K-400K);
- a helium closed cycle cryostat DE-210 (8K-350K) - refrigeration capacity - 4W at 9K;
- a programed current source (100A);
- the computer measurements systems equipped with a data acquisition cards, a nanovoltmeter, the multimeters, a gausometer, a digital oscilloscope;
- the computer laboratory equipped with FEMLAB program for the modeling of physical phenomena in superconductors.
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