2-step Top seeded infiltration and melt growth process - A new technique for producing large, single grain (RE)BaCuO bulk superconductors

(RE)BaCuO bulk high temperature superconductors fabricated in the form of large, single grains can generate magnetic fields that are an order of magnitude higher than those achievable using conventional permanent magnets. The microstructures of these materials are known to play a key role in determining their superconducting properties, such as critical current density and resultant trapped field