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Dissertation by Christopher T. Jones from Doctoral Work
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Dissertation by Christopher T. Jones
Dissertation Title: Hybrid High Temperature Superconductor / Conducting Polymer Systems

• Dedication and Acknowledgments
• Abstract
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Section 1.1 Superconductivity
  • Section 1.2 Conducting Polymers
  • Section 1.3 Self-Assembled Monolayers
  • Section 1.4 Intercalation
  • Section 1.5 Conclusions
  • Section 1.6 References
• Chapter 2: High Temperature Superconductor Electrode Surface Properties: Introduction
  • Section 2.1 Reactivity of High Temperature Superconductors
  • Section 2.2 Preparation of Bulk Ceramic Electrodes
  • Section 2.3 Electrochemistry of Bulk Superconducting Electrodes
  • Section 2.4 Preparation of Superconducting Thin Films
    • Subsection 2.4.1 Substrate Requirements
    • Subsection 2.4.2 Thin Film Preparation By Pulsed Laser Ablation
  • Section 2.5 Preparation of Thin Film Superconductor Electrodes
  • Section 2.6 Electrochemistry of Thin Film Superconductor Electrodes
  • Section 2.7 Surface Morphology
  • Section 2.8 Comparison of Bulk and Thin Film Electrodes
  • Section 2.9 Anisotropic Response of Electrodes
  • Section 2.10 Conclusions
  • Section 2.11 References
• Chapter 3: Conducting Polymer / High Temperature Superconductor Interface Properties: Introduction
  • Section 3.1 Polymerization Scheme of Polypyrrole
  • Section 3.2 Electrodeposition of Pyrrole on High-Tc Superconductors
  • Section 3.3 Electrochemical Response of Conducting Polymers
  • Section 3.4 Effect of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Deposition
  • Section 3.5 Conclusions
  • Section 3.6 References
• Chapter 4: Modification of Superconducting Properties in High Temperature Superconductor / Conducting Polymer Bilayer Assemblies: Introduction
  • Section 4.1 Microbridge Fabrication
  • Section 4.2 Polymer Deposition
  • Section 4.3 Modification of the Oxidation State of the Conducting Polymer
  • Section 4.4 Modification of Superconducting Properties of the Bilayer Assembly
  • Section 4.5 Conclusions
  • Section 4.6 References
• Chapter 5: Intercalation into High Temperature Superconductors: Introduction
  • Section 5.1 Preparation of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Systems
  • Section 5.2 Iodine intercalation into the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System
  • Section 5.3 Intercalation of Other Materials into the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System
  • Section 5.4 Intercalation of Conducting Polymers
  • Section 5.5 Polypyrrole Intercalation into the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System
  • Section 5.6 Conclusions
  • Section 5.7 References