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Chapters: Recent Progress in High Pressure Investigations for High Tc Superconductors; High Pressure Synthesis of Superconducting Cuprates with 1212 and 1222 Type Structures; Physio-Chemical investigation of Crystal Growth of Superconducting YBa2 Cu3 O7-y; Phase Evolution During the Fabrication of Bulk Bi-Based Superconducting Glass Ceramics; Superconductivity and Stoichiometry in the Electron-Doped L2-x Mx CuO4 Oxides; Optical Properties of Bi2 Sr2 Can-1 Cun O4+2n+d and the Related Compounds; Phenomenon of Photoinduced Superconductivity : From Theoretical Prediction to Experimental Discoveries. ... Read more

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This reference—devoted exclusively to the preparation, characterization, and evaluation of various HTS electronic devices—provides up-to-date information on the use of various high-Tc thin films and junctions to increase speed, lessen noise, lower power consumption, and enhance upper frequency limits in superconductor electronics. ... Read more

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This book offers a comprehensive summary of experiments that are especially suited to reveal the order-parameter symmetry of unconventional superconductors. It briefly introduces readers to the basic theoretical concepts and terms of unconventional superconductivity, followed by a detailed overview of experimental techniques and results investigating the superconducting energy gap and phase, plus the pairing symmetry. This review includes measurements of specific heat, thermal conductivity, penetration depth and nuclearmagnetic resonance and muon-spin rotation experiments. Further, point-contact and tunnelling spectroscopy and Josephson experiments are addressed. Current understanding is reviewed from the experimental  point of view. With an appendix offering five tables with almost 200 references that summarize the present results from ambient pressure heavy-fermion and noncopper-oxide superconductors, the monograph provides a valuable resource for further studies in this field.

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Written by experts in the field this book provides an explanation of physical properties of high temperature superconductors based on modern bipolaron theory of superconductivity in clear and accessible language. ... Read more

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Contents: EBSD on High Tc Superconductors; Repair of Grain Boundaries and Enhancement of Critical Current Density by Preferential Chemical Doping in Y-Based High Temperature Superconductors; The Initial Growing Stage of Yba2Cu3O7 Thin Films On Yttrium Stabilised Zro2 Substrates; Critical Current Density and Matrix Chemical Ration in Melt Processed ND,EU,GD)-BA-CU-O Superconductor; Realstructure And Superconductivity of Yba2Cu3O7-? Films on Vicinal SrTiO3; Electrodynamic Response of Mgb2 Sintered Pellets and Thin Films; The Upper Critical Field and the Irreversibility Line oF MgB2; Hysteretic Magnetisation of Thick Yba2Cu3O7-d Films in Hearly Parallel Magnetic Fields -- Evaluation of the Hysteresis loss in Coated Conductors; Dynamics of Vortices in High Tc Superconductors Investigated by Density and Conduction Noise Measurements. ... Read more

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This is a compendium of research on perovskite-type compounds, ranging from the discovery of barium titanate's ferroelectric properties in 1945 to recent developments and modern applications. A working knowledge of these compounds is essential for research and development in such areas as thermistors, infrared windows, laser technology, and several important emerging fields that rely upon superconductors. Students and researchers involved in the preparation of solid-state materials will benefit from the insightful data given here, including information on structure, x-ray diffraction, conductivity, ferroelectricity, phase transitions, ferromagnetism, optical and other properties, and oxide preparation, as well as new information on high Tc superconductors. ... Read more

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The present volume is devoted to the normal state pseudogap discovered in high Tc cuprates, which is currently an area of great topical interest and still not fully understood.The articles, written by the renowned experts in the field, consolidate the experimental findings and present various theoretical models to explain the occurrence of the gap. ... Read more

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Festschrift honoring Prof. C. Radhakrishnamurty, b. 1933, Indian geophysicist; includes contributory articles. ... Read more

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Interdisciplinary research on superconducting oxides is the main focus of the contributions in this volume. Several aspects of the thin film field from fundamental properties to applications are examined. Interesting results for the Bi system are also reviewed. The 132 papers, including 8 invited, report mainly on the 1-2-3 system, indicating that the Y-Ba-Cu-O and related compounds are still the most intensively studied materials in this field. The volume attests to the significant progress that has been made in this field, as well as reporting on the challenging problems that still remain to be solved. ... Read more

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The book develops a comprehensive understanding of the surface impedance of the oxide high-temperature superconductors in comparison with the conventional superconductor Nb3Sn. Linear and nonlinear microwave responses are treated separately, both in terms of models, theories or numerical approaches and in terms of experimental results. The theoretical treatment connects fundamental aspects of superconductivity to the specific high-frequency properties. The experimental data review the state of the art, as reported by many international groups. The book describes further the main features of appropriate preparation, handling, mounting, and refrigeration techniques, and finally discusses possible applications in passive and active microwave devices. ... Read more

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This is the second volume of a comprehensive two-volume treatise on superconductivity that represents the first such publication since the earlier widely acclaimed books by R. Parks. It systematically reviews the basic physics and recent advances in the field. Leading researchers describe the state-of-the-art in conventional phonon-induced superconductivity, high-Tc superconductivity, and in novel superconductivity, including triplet pairing in the ruthenates. The second volume is largely concerned with novel superconductors, such as heavy-fermion metals and organic materials, and also includes granular superconductors. Important new results on current problems are presented in a manner designed to stimulate further research. Numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables make this book especially useful as a reference work for students, teachers and researchers. Volume 1 treats Conventional and High-Tc Superconductors (3-540-43883-1). ... Read more

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This volume contains the lectures delivered at the Fourth Training Course in the Physics of Correlated Electron Systems and High-Tc Superconductors. In contrast to usual workshops, this course was designed to promote active participation of senior and young researchers and to introduce them to some specific problems. Three of the four lectures held are included in this book. ... Read more

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This is the first book which reviews the most important resultsobtained in the past decade for layered copper-oxide high-temperaturesuperconductors by neutron scattering techniques. The following topicsare thoroughly introduced, methodically discussed and highlighted withthe most important results by acknowledged experts in their respectivefields: static and dynamical properties of the crystal lattice (oxygensite occupation, charge transfer, charge-stripe order, phonondispersions and density-of-states), static and dynamical magneticcorrelations (phase diagrams, 2D and 3D magnetic ordering, spin wavesand spin fluctuations, crystal-field excitations) and the structure ofthe flux-line lattice (field and temperature dependence). The 2Dfeatures of the copper-oxide perovskites are found to be essential forachieving high-temperature superconductivity by doping. The bookaddresses an interdisciplinary audience, both specialists and thoseentering the field. Emphasis is put on the fundamental properties;however, technological applications are evidently emerging from thesebasics. ... Read more