Expedited Award for Novel Research:  Directional            Solidification of High-Tc Superconductors
{'Code': '07030000', 'Directorate': {'LongName': 'Directorate For Engineering'}, 'Division': {'LongName': 'Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn'}}
{'SignBlockName': 'Jorn Larsen-Basse'}
This project deals with the processing of high-temperature                 ceramic superconducting material to overcome the current limitation             of low current density.  The approach adopted is to produce selected            solidification microstructure that are free of grain boundaries or              with grain boundaries or phase boundaries aligned in the growth                 direction.  The directional solidification studies will be made                 using a) a laser heated floating zone apparatus, and b) a high-                 temperature, high gradient directional solidification furnace.  This            work will provide the fundamental basis of solidification to crystal            growth of high-temperature superconducting material.
{'FirstName': 'Merton', 'LastName': 'Flemings', 'EmailAddress': 'flemings@mit.edu', 'StartDate': '04/15/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology', 'CityName': 'Cambridge', 'ZipCode': '021394301', 'PhoneNumber': '6172531000', 'StreetAddress': '77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Massachusetts', 'StateCode': 'MA'}
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