Enhanced pinning in superconducting thin films with graded pinning landscapes
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landscapes M. Motta, F. Colauto, W. A. Ortiz, J. Fritzsche, J. Cuppens, W. Gillijns, V. V. Moshchalkov, T. H. Johansen, A. Sanchez, and A. V. Silhanek Departamento de F ısica, Universidade Federal de S~ ao Carlos, 13565-905 S~ ao Carlos, SP, Brazil Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 G€ oteborg, Sweden INPAC – Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscale Superconductivity and Magnetism Group, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway Departament de F ısica, Universitat Aut onoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain D epartement de Physique, Universit e de Liège, B-4000 Sart Tilman, Belgium
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