Interplay of magnetism and superconductivity

✍ Scribed by Akhavan, M.

• Book ID: 105363754
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 122 KB
• Volume: 203
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0031-8965
• DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200567002

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

After about two decades of intense research since the discovery of high‐temperature superconductivity (HTSC) in cuprates, although many aspects of the physics and chemistry of these cuprate superconductors are now well understood, the underlying pairing mechanism remains elusive. Magnetism and superconductivity are usually thought as incompatible, but in number of special materials including HTSCs these two mutually excluding mechanisms are found to coexist. The presence in a system of superconductivity and magnetism, gives rise to a large number of interesting phenomenon. This article provides perspective on recent developments and their implications for our understanding of the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in new materials. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)