High-temperature superconductors

✍ Scribed by Ajay Kumar Saxena (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 125
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents the current knowledge about superconductivity in high Tc cuprate superconductors. There is a large scientific interest and great potential for technological applications. The book discusses all the aspects related to all families of cuprate superconductors discovered so far. Beginning with the phenomenon of superconductivity, the book covers: the structure of cuprate HTSCs, critical currents, flux pinning, synthesis of HTSCs, proximity effect and SQUIDs, possible applications of high Tc superconductors and theories of superconductivity. Though a high Tc theory is still awaited, this book describes the present scenario and BCS and RVB theories.
The second edition was significantly extended by including film-substrate lattice matching and buffer layer considerations in thin film HTSCs, brick-wall microstructure in the epitaxial films, electronic structure of the CuO2 layer in cuprates, s-wave and d-wave coupling in HTSCs and possible scenarios of theories of high Tc superconductivity.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
The Phenomenon: Occurrence and Characteristics....Pages 1-41
Crystal Structure of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 43-60
Critical Current....Pages 61-99
Synthesis of High $$T_{c}$$ Superconductors....Pages 101-128
Superconductivity in Cuprates....Pages 129-162
The Proximity and Josephson Effects....Pages 163-216
Theories of Superconductivity....Pages 217-240
Application of Superconductivity....Pages 241-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-255

✦ Subjects

Low Temperature Physics;Solid State Physics;Optical and Electronic Materials