This review is dedicated to summarizing the recent research on vortex dynamics and
pinning effects in superconducting films with artificial magnetic structures. The fabrication of …

In realistic situations, a typical scenario for applications of type II superconductors
necessarily includes vortices, usually in the presence of currents. Under these …

We theoretically study the real-space distribution of the supercurrent that flows under a
uniform vector potential in a two-dimensional quasiperiodic structure. This is done by …

We report an anomalous matching effect in MoGe thin films containing pairs of circular holes
arranged in such a way that four of those pairs meet at each vertex point of a square lattice …

Conformal crystals are nonuniform structures created by a conformal transformation of
regular two-dimensional lattices. We show that gradient-driven vortices interacting with a …

The maximum current (critical current) a type-II superconductor can transmit without energy
loss is limited by the motion of the quantized magnetic flux penetrating into a …

We numerically study the physical properties of quasiperiodic superconductors with the aim
of understanding superconductivity in quasicrystals. Considering the attractive Hubbard …

We study experimentally the critical depinning current I c versus applied magnetic field B in
Nb thin films which contain 2D arrays of circular antidots placed on the nodes of …

Merged, or giant, multiquanta vortices (GVs) are known to appear in very small
superconductors near the superconducting transition due to strong confinement of magnetic …

A graded distribution of antidots in superconducting a-Mo 79 Ge 21 thin films has been
investigated by magnetization and magneto-optical imaging measurements. The pinning …