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US 7,745,376 B2Granted
Superconducting composite
AssigneeNove Technologies, Inc.
InventorMatthew J. Holcomb
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Abstract
The invention provides a superconductor comprising particles made of a superconductive material, and a conductive material. The conductive material is selected to be driven to a superconductive state when in proximity to the superconductive material, and preferably at least includes bismuth. An unbroken length of the conductive material is located sufficiently close to a plurality of the particles to be driven to a superconductive state by the superconductive material.
Claims12
A superconductor, comprising:
- a plurality of particles made of a superconductive material;
- and
- a conductive material at least including bismuth semimetal, an unbroken section of the conductive material being located sufficiently close to the plurality of the particles to be driven to a superconductive state by the plurality of particles.
A method of making a superconductor, comprising:
- forming a plurality of particles of a superconductive material;
- and
- locating a conductive material adjacent the plurality of particles, the conductive material at least including bismuth semimetal, and an unbroken length of the conductive material being in sufficiently close proximity to the plurality of the particles to be driven to a superconductive state by the plurality of particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.