Studies Of High Temperature Superconductors

Since the 1980s, a general theme in the study of high-temperature superconductors has been to test the BCS theory and its predictions against new data. At the same time, this process has engendered new physics, new materials, and new theoretical frameworks. Remarkable advances have occurred in sample quality and in single crystals, in hole and electron doping in the development of sister compounds with lower transition temperatures, and in instruments to probe structure and dynamics. Handbook of High-Temperature Superconductvity is a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of both experimental and theoretical methodologies by the the world's top leaders in the field. The Editor, Nobel Laureate J. Robert Schrieffer, and Associate Editor James S. Brooks, have produced a unified, coherent work providing a global view of high-temperature superconductivity covering the materials, the relationships with heavy-fermion and organic systems, and the many formidable challenges that remain.

This Golden Jubilee volume in the world's foremost series on superconductivity covers wide-ranging topics capturing the current excitement in the field. The broad areas include the advancement of high Tc theory, materials depicting unusual characteristics, materials' processing and defect structures for improved properties, their electromagnetic response, flux pinning, Josephson junctions and devices, and large scale applications.

Studies Of High Temperature Superconductors Volume 29 -- Advances In Research & Applications

CONTENTS: Weak Coupling Theory of High Temperature Superconductors; Investigations of a Few Novel Series of Thallium Cuprate Superconductors Showing Possible Change in the Sign of Charge Carriers with Composition; Some Structural & Chemical Aspects of the Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System; High Magnetic Field Studies of High Temperature Superconductors; Fabrication of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu Oxide Superconductors with Controlled Numbers of Cu-0 Layers; Characterization of High Temperature Superconductors by High Excitation Spectroscopies; Mossbauer Spectroscopy of High Temperature Superconductors; RVB & Related Theories of HTSC; Fabrication of 107k Superconducting Films & Their Normal State Transport Properties; Ion Beam Analysis of High T Superconductors; Thermal Conductivity of High Temperature Superconductor; A New Theoretical Approach to Electron Pairing And Uperconductivity in High T Superconductors; High Resolution Polarized X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Symmetry of the Hole States in High-T Superconductors; Phase Diagrams in the Y-Ba-Cu-O System & Crystal Growth of Ybco Superconductors; Index.

Studies of High Temperature Superconductors, Volume 36 - The BSCCO System -- II

In contrast to research on the fundamental mechanisms of High-Temperature Superconductivity, in recent years we have seen enormous developments in the fabrication and application of High-Tc-superconductors. The two volumes of High Temperature Superconductivity provide a survey of the state of the technology and engineering applications of these materials. They comprise extended original research papers and technical review articles written by physicists, chemists, materials scientists and engineers, all of them noted experts in their fields. The interdisciplinary and strictly application-oriented coverage should benefit graduate students and academic researchers in the mentioned areas as well as industrial experts. Volume 1 "Materials" focuses on major technical advancements in High-Tc materials processing for applications. Volume 2 "Engineering Applications" covers numerous application areas where High-Tc superconductors are making tremendous impact.

Drawing from physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ceramics, and metallurgy, high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) spans nearly the entire realm of materials science. This volume presents each of those disciplines at an introductory level, such that readers will ultimately be able to read the literature in the field.