Thallium-Based High-Tempature Superconductors

✍ Scribed by Hermann, Allen M(Editor);Hermann, Hermann

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 641
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Provides information on all chemical, physical and material aspects of this class of cuprates, and covers their applications. This work provides data on the chemistry, solid-state chemistry, handling and safety requirements of thallium.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Series Introduction......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
1 Historical Perspective on the Discovery of Tl-Based HTSC Oxides......Page 18
2 Solid-State Chemistry of Thallium Oxides......Page 24
3 Crystallographic Aspects......Page 40
4 Extended Defects and Redox Mechanisms in Thallium Cuprates......Page 58
5 Structures and Superstructures of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors......Page 106
6 Synthesis of TI-Based High-T[sub(c)] Superconductive Oxides......Page 136
7 Chemical Characterization of Thallium Cuprate Superconductors......Page 164
8 Single-Crystal Growth and Characterization of Thallium Cuprate Superconductors: A Review......Page 194
9 Tl-Based HTSC Films for Microelectronics Applications......Page 212
10 Spray Pyrolysis......Page 238
11 Liquid-Gas Solidification Method for Synthesis of Tl-Based HTSC Oxides......Page 272
12 Electrodeposited Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors......Page 296
13 Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O Electronics......Page 306
14 TBCCO Ag-Sheathed Tapes......Page 330
15 Effects of Inherent (Auto) Doping and Oxygen Nonstoichiometry and Their Relationship to the Band Structure of Tl-Based Superconductors......Page 342
16 Structural Origin of Holes in Thallium Cuprate-Based High-T[sub(c)] Superconductors......Page 364
17 Dependence of T[sub(c)] on the Hole Concentration in Superconducting Thallium Cuprates with Single Tl-O Layers......Page 374
18 Site-Selective Substitution in Tl Cuprates......Page 388
19 Thermal Stability of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O High-T[sub(c)] Superconductors......Page 404
20 Magnetic Properties of Thallium-Based Superconductors......Page 424
21 Effects of Pressure on Thallium-Based Superconductors......Page 450
22 Specific Heat of Thallium Oxide Superconductors......Page 468
23 Infrared Studies of Thallium Cuprate Superconductors......Page 494
24 X-Ray Photoemission of Tl-Based Cuprate Superconductors......Page 528
25 Nuclear Resonance Studies of Tl-Based High-T[sub(c)] Superconductors......Page 540
26 Normal-State Transport Properties of TBCCO......Page 560
27 Tunneling Spectroscopy of Thallium-Based High-Temperature Superconductors......Page 586
28 Band Structures of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Materials......Page 596
29 Thallium Cuprate Research by the U.S. Government......Page 610
30 Thallium Safety......Page 616
31 Prospects and Potential for Thallium Cuprate Superconductors......Page 624
Index......Page 633