Ebook: Frontiers in Superconducting Materials

Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic and electrical engineers. Even non-specialists interested in superconductivity might find some useful answers.

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Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic and electrical engineers. Even non-specialists interested in superconductivity might find some useful answers.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Superconducting Materials — A Topical Overview....Pages 1-69
Superconductivity at Ultralow Temperatures and Its Interplay with Nuclear Magnetism....Pages 71-107
Superconductivity in Heavy Fermion Compounds....Pages 109-182
One Dimensional Organic Superconductors....Pages 183-230
Uperconductivity in Fulleride....Pages 231-253
Chemical Design of Copper-Oxide Superconductors: — Homologous Series and Oxygen Engineering —....Pages 255-294
Oxygen in High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors....Pages 295-330
Rutheno-Cuprates: The Superconducting Ferromagnets....Pages 331-364
A Phase Diagram Approach to Magnetic Superconductors....Pages 365-391
Superconductivity in Quaternary Borocarbides....Pages 393-424
Heterogeneous Magnetic Superconducting Systems....Pages 425-457
High Pressure Effects on Superconductivity....Pages 459-497
Disordered Superconductors....Pages 499-554
Irradiation of HTS for Enhancement of Critical Current....Pages 555-588
Stacking Manner of Charge Reservoir Blocks in Superconducting Copper Oxides....Pages 589-618
Superconductors with Nanoscale Flux Pinning Centres....Pages 619-650
Physics and Chemistry of the Cobalt Oxide Hydrate Superconductor....Pages 651-682
Progress in NaxCoO2 Single Crystal Growth....Pages 683-695
Development of Nb-Based Conductors....Pages 697-738
Bi-Based Superconducting Cuprates: Materials Aspects, Crystal Growth and Properties....Pages 739-764
(RE)Ba2Cu3O7 Coated Conductors for AC and DC Applications....Pages 765-831
Thallium-Based Superconducting Cuprates....Pages 833-868
Materials Developments and Applications of Bulk RE-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors....Pages 869-884
Synthesis of Bulk Superconductors and Their Properties on Permannent Magnet Guideway....Pages 885-912
High Tc Cuprates — Thin Film Processing, Atomic Layer Controlled Deposition....Pages 913-936
Superconductivity of Magnesium Diboride: Theoretical Aspects....Pages 937-981
Preparation and Properties of Advanced MgB2 Wires and Tapes....Pages 983-1009
MgB2 Thin Films....Pages 1011-1048
Back Matter....Pages 1049-1071
....Pages 1073-1091