CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SUPERCONDUCTOR THIN-FILM ASSEMBLIES

Electrochemical procedures are utilized to deposit conductive polymer layers directly onto thin film samples of YBa2Cu3O7-delta and to cycle the polymeric structures between their neutral (non-conductive) and o xidized (conductive) forms. Through changes in the polymer doping leve l, the superconducting properties of the high-T-c component can be mod ulated in a controllable fashion. In this regard, large changes in the superconducting critical temperature and critical current values are noted as a result of the doping of the polymer layer. This paper focus es on the role of superconductor weak link structures and how such fea tures influence the magnitude of the modulation of the superconducting properties.