Ebook: Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, II

Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, II represents the results of a fruitful dialogue between physicists and materials scientists which took place under the auspices of a NATO Advanced Study Institute in Porto Carras, Greece, between 18 and 31 August, 1991. It builds on and carries forward the success of NATO ASI 181 published in 1990.
The theoretical side of the discussions reveal the basic premise of the phenomenological and Ginzburg-Landau theories of superconductivity, the implications of short coherence length, long penetration depth, the melting of flux lattices, and other matters, while the materials science includes discussions of microstructures, local inhomogeneities, deviations from ideal chemistry, the effects of systematic errors in materials preparation, the definition of imperfections, and the utilization of common materials analysis techniques.
The reader will be made aware of the potential significance of Angstrom scale structural and chemical details, and the need to consider basic theoretical concepts when designing procedures to process viable, solid conductors, specifically the effects of oxygen stoichiometry and deviations from it, as well as the microstructural demands on pinning in the light of very short coherence lengths.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
London Penetration Depth, Fermi Velocity and Superconducting Transition Temperature in Metals with Flat Fermi Surfaces....Pages 3-12
Phonon Density of States of (Ba,K) (Pb,Bi,Sb)O3 Ceramic Oxides....Pages 13-25
Large Bipolarons and Superconductivity....Pages 27-52
An Extended RSJ-Model Describing AC Josephson Effects of Granular Superconductors....Pages 53-63
A Phenomenological Description of The Normal State Properties of Cuprates and Organic Metals....Pages 65-84
Application of Plasmon Exchange Model to High-Tc Superconductivity....Pages 85-94
The Properties of Superconducting Bisoliton Condensate in External Magnetic Field....Pages 95-103
Frustrated Heisenberg Magnet and Pairing Mechanism....Pages 105-112
Temperature-Induced Redistribution of Holes and Properties of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 113-124
Anomalous Magnetic Properties of Deoxygenated Weak-Links-Bearing Superconductors....Pages 125-138
Twin Boundary Flux Pinning in a High Tc Superconductor....Pages 139-149
Specific Heat and Thermal Expansion Anomalies of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 151-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Control of Oxygen Stoichiometry and Creation of Nuclear Tracks, Two Important Issues for Optimization of Superconductivity in Layered Copper Oxides....Pages 167-198
Understanding the Mechanisms and the Influence of the Non Stoichiometry Phenomena in the Layered Cuprates....Pages 199-224
Chemical Thermodynamic Equilibria and Conductivity of Nonstoichiometric YBa2Cu3O7-?. A Review....Pages 225-246
Bulk Materials — Anisotropy, Layer Structure, Dimensionality, Pinning and Critical Current....Pages 247-253
Neutron Powder Diffraction Studies of YBa2(Cu1-xMx)3O7-? with M= 57Fe, 58Ni....Pages 255-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-307
Low Temperature Structural Phase Transition and Superconductivity in (La Nd )-Sr-Cu-O....Pages 309-321
Influence of the Hole Concentration on Tc in 110K BiPbSrCaCuO Superconductors: The Intergrain and Intragrain Effects....Pages 323-331
Hall Effect in the Mixed State of High-Tc Superconductors....Pages 165-165
EPR Spectra of Bulk Textured Samples of the YBa2Cu3Ox Superconductor....Pages 333-347
Thermal-Wave Based Materials Characterization and Nondestructive Evaluation of High-Temperature Superconductors: A Critical Review....Pages 349-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-379
The Deposition of Ceramic Superconductors....Pages 381-393
Preparation of High Tc Superconductor Films by the LPE Technique....Pages 395-402
Superconductors Thin Films Prepared by Resistive Evaporation....Pages 403-411
Thin Films of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-Oxide High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 413-440
Investigation of a Heteroepitaxial YBCO/SrTiO3/YBCO Film....Pages 441-441
Determination of the Critical Current in High-Tc Superconducting Thin Films by a Magneto-Optical Method....Pages 443-469
Normal and Superconductive Properties of Zinc-Doped YBa2Cu3O7?Thin Films....Pages 471-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-494
Magnetization Studies of Irradiation-Modified Single Crystal Y1Ba2Cu3O7 Superconductors: Flux Creep and Annealing Effects....Pages 495-509
Chemical Lithiation of YBa2Cu3O7-?: Effect on Superconducting Properties and on Microstructure.....Pages 511-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-528
Ac Self-Field Losses in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconducting Wires....Pages 529-541
Crystal Structures and Superconducting Properties in YBa2Cu3O7-X Ceramics Prepared by Hot-Pressing....Pages 543-556
Production of Superconducting Thick Films Through Cation Chelated Organic Precursors....Pages 557-570
Processing and Properties of Bismuth Superconducting Phases....Pages 571-571
Novel Method of Synthesis for the 110 K Phase (BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox Material....Pages 573-593
Recent Advances in Processing and Fabrication of Ceramic Superconductors....Pages 595-608
Quality Criteria for High Tc Superconductors....Pages 609-620
Front Matter....Pages 621-632
Flux Phase States in Mesoscopic Metallic and Molecular Rings....Pages 571-571
Paraconductivity Measurements and Comparative Studies of Fluctuations in BiSrCaCuO, YBaCuo and YBaCuO with Gd Substitution....Pages 633-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-657
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