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Division of Energy and Innovation

UH Energy

Chu-Paul

Dr. Paul Chu, Professor and Chief Scientist at TcSUH

Department, College

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  • Areas of expertise

    • Experimental Solid State Physics: Superconductivity, Magnetism and Dielectrics

  • Awards

    • U.S. National Medal of Science, 1988
    • International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society, 1988
    • Texas Instruments Founders' Prize, 1990
    • Leroy Randle Grumman Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, Grumman Corporation, 1987
    • Medal of Scientific Merit, World Cultural Council, 1989
    • Physical and Mathematical Science Award, New York Academy of Sciences, 1987
    • Bernd Matthias Prize, International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity, High Temperature Superconductors, 1994
    • Superconductivity Award of Excellence in Scientific Accomplishments, World Congress on Superconductivity, 1994
    • St. Martin de Porres Award, 1990
    • Esther Farfel Award, University of Houston, 2000
    • John Fritz Medal, American Association of Engineering Societies, 2001
    • Prize Ettore Majorana - Erice - Science for Peace 2007, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, awarded 2008
    • IEEE Council on Superconductivity Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community, 2014
    • 10 honorary doctorates from international universities

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  • Publications

    • "Interface-induced superconductivity at ~ 25 K at ambient pressure in undoped CaFe2As2 single crystals," K. Zhao, B. Lv, L. Z. Deng, S. Y. Huyan, Y. Y. Xue and C. W. Chu, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113, 12968 (2016).
    • “Cuprates—Superconductors with a Tc up to 164 K,” C. W. Chu, Section 4.4 of Chapter 4, “Materials,” in 100 Years of Superconductivity, ed. by H. Rogalla and P. H. Kes (Boca Raton FL: Taylor & Francis/CRC, 2012), p. 244.
    • “The Evolution of HTS: Tc-Experiment Perspectives,” C. W. Chu, Ch. 16 in 50 Years of Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer, ed. by L. N. Cooper and D. Feldman (Singapore: World Scientific, 2010), p. 391.
    • “Field-Induced Re-Entrant Novel Phase and a Ferroelectric-Magnetic Order Coupling in HoMnO3,” B. Lorenz, A. P. Litvinchuk, M. M. Gospodinov and C. W. Chu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 087204 (2004).
    • “Superconductivity up to 126 Kelvin in Interstitially Doped Ba2Can-1CunOx [02(n-1)n-Ba],” C. W. Chu, Y. Y. Xue, Z. L. Du, Y. Y. Sun, L. Gao, N. L. Wu, Y. Cao, I. Rusakova and K. Ross, Science 277, 1081 (1997).
    • “Superconductivity up to 164 K in HgBa2Cam-1CumO2m+2+δ (m = 1, 2, and 3) Under Quasihydrostatic Pressures,” L. Gao, Y. Y. Xue, F. Chen, Q. Xiong, R. L. Meng, D. Ramirez, C. W. Chu, J. H. Eggert and H. K. Mao, Phys. Rev. B, “Rapid Communications” 50, 4260 (1994).
    • “Superconductivity at 93 K in a New Mixed-Phase Y-Ba-Cu-O Compound System at Ambient Pressure,” M. K. Wu, J. R. Ashburn, C. J. Torng, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang and C. W. Chu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 908 (1987).

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  • Patents

    • "Strong high-temperature superconductor trapped field magnets", U.S. Patent 5,563,564, issued October 8, 1996; inventors: C. W. Chu, Y. Y. Xue, L. Gao, R. L. Meng, and D. A. Ramirez
    • "Method for synthesis of high-temperature Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O (HBCCO) superconductors", U.S. Patent 5,578,551, issued November 26, 1996; inventors: C. W. Chu, R. L. Meng, and Y. Q. Wang
    • "High temperature superconducting tape and method of manufacture", U.S. Patent 5,906,964, issued May 25, 1999; inventors: C. W. Chu, R. L. Meng, and Y. Y. Xue
    • "Strong high-temperature superconductor trapped field magnets", U.S. Patent 6,025,769, issued February 15, 2000; inventors: C. W. Chu, Y. Y. Xue, L. Gao, R. L. Meng, and D. A. Ramirez
    • "Ba-Ca-Cu-O compositions superconducting at up to 126K and methods for making same", U.S. Patent 6,239,080, issued May 29, 2001; inventors: C. W. Chu, Y. Y. Xue, and Z. L. Du
    • "High temperature superconducting tape and method of manufacture", U.S. Patent 6,329,325, issued December 11, 2001; inventors: C. W. Chu, R. L. Meng, and Y. Y. Xue
    • "Superconductivity in square-planar compound systems", U.S. Patent 7,056,866, issued June 6, 2006; inventor: C. W. Chu
    • "Generation and applications of negative dielectric constant materials", U.S. Patent 7,611,969, issued November 3, 2009; inventors: C. W. Chu, F. Chen, Y. Y. Xue, J. Shulman, and S. Tsui
    • "High transition temperature superconducting compositions ", U.S. Patent 7,709,418, issued May 4, 2010; inventor: C. W. Chu
    • "Intraluminal multifunctional sensor system and method of use", U.S. Patent 8,380,279, issued February 19, 2013; inventors: A. Brazdeikis and C. W. Chu

     

  • Funded Research

    • “Search for Novel Superconductors, Thermoelectrics, and Super-Thermal-Conductors with Enhanced Performance”, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $1 million, 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2020, C. W. Chu, PI; B. Lv, co-PI

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  • Contact information

    262 University of Houston Science Center
    Phone: 713-743-8222
    cwchu@uh.edu