<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stamopoulos, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pissas, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sandim, M.J.R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sandim, H.R.Z.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proximity induced superconductivity in bulk Cu-Nb composites: The influence of interface's structural quality</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">442</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">45 - 54</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0921-45341873-2143</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The influence of the structural quality of a normal metal-superconductor interface on the strength of the proximity effect is studied for the cylindrical geometry of bulk Cu-Nb multifilamentary composite samples. In as-drawn Cu-Nb samples the superconducting properties induced to the Cu matrix due to its proximity with Nb filaments are manifested in the magnetization measurements through a pronounced peak positioned in the low-field regime. By systematic annealing in an extended temperature regime for various durations we changed the structural quality of the Cu-Nb interfaces and as a result their transparency to the superconducting carrier. The direct comparison of scanning electron microscopy images with magnetization data revealed that the distortion of the Cu-Nb interfaces is responsible for the suppression of the proximity effect. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>