An superconductive article and method of forming such an article is
disclosed, the article including a substrate and a layer of a rare earth
barium cuprate film upon the substrate, the rare earth barium cuprate
film including two or more rare earth metals capable of yielding a
superconductive composition where ion size variance between the two or
more rare earth metals is characterized as greater than zero and less
than about 10.times.10.sup.-4, and the rare earth barium cuprate film
including two or more rare earth metals is further characterized as
having an enhanced critical current density in comparison to a standard
YBa.sub.2Cu.sub.3O.sub.y composition under identical testing conditions.