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Informationen zum Autor Rainer Wesche Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas (CRPP), Switzerland Klappentext A much-needed update on complex high-temperature superconductors, focusing on materials aspects; this timely book coincides with a recent major break-through of the discovery of iron-based superconductors.It provides an overview of materials aspects of high-temperature superconductors, combining introductory aspects, description of new physics, material aspects, and a description of the material properties This title is suitable for researchers in materials science, physics and engineering. Also for technicians interested in the applications of superconductors, e.g. as biomagnets Zusammenfassung A much-needed update on complex high-temperature superconductors, focusing on materials aspects; this timely book coincides with a recent major break-through of the discovery of iron-based superconductors. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author xi Series Preface xiii Preface xv Acknowledgment xvii List of Tables xix Nomenclature xxiii 1. Brief History of Superconductivity 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Milestones in the Field of Superconductivity 1 1.2.1 Early Discoveries 1 1.2.2 Progress in the Understanding of Superconductivity 4 1.2.3 Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity 4 1.2.4 Importance of Higher Transition Temperatures for Applications 6 2. The Superconducting State 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Electrical Resistance 13 2.3 Characteristic Properties of Superconductors 22 2.4 Superconductor Electrodynamics 30 2.5 Thermodynamics of Superconductors 34 3. Superconductivity: A Macroscopic Quantum Phenomenon 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 BCS Theory of Superconductivity 45 3.3 Tunneling Effects 52 4. Type II Superconductors 69 4.1 Introduction 69 4.2 The Ginzburg-Landau Theory 70 4.3 Magnetic Behavior of Type I and Type II Superconductors 73 4.4 Critical Current Densities of Type I and Type II Superconductors 81 4.5 Anisotropic Superconductors 83 5. Cuprate Superconductors: An Overview 87 5.1 Introduction 87 5.2 Families of Superconductive Cuprates 88 5.3 Variation of Charge Carrier Density (Doping) 93 5.4 Summary 96 6. Crystal Structures of Cuprate Superconductors 101 6.1 Introduction 101 6.2 Diffraction Methods 102 6.2.1 Bragg Condition 102 6.2.2 Miller Indices 102 6.2.3 Classification of Crystal Structures 103 6.2.4 X-ray Diffraction 104 6.2.5 Neutron Diffraction 106 6.3 Crystal Structures of the Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductors 107 6.3.1 The Crystal Structure of La2CuO4 107 6.3.2 The Crystal Structure of YBa2Cu3O7-delta 108 6.3.3 The Crystal Structures of Bi-22(n-1)n High-Temperature Superconductors 111 6.3.4 The Crystal Structures of Tl-based High-Temperature Superconductors 113 6.3.5 The Crystal Structures of Hg-based High-Temperature Superconductors 121 6.3.6 Lattice Parameters of Cuprate Superconductors 124 7. Empirical Rules for the Critical Temperature 131 7.1 Introduction 131 7.2 Relations between Charge Carrier Density and Critical Temperature 132 7.3 Effect of the Number of CuO2 Planes in the Copper Oxide Blocks 135 7.4 Effect of Pressure on the Critical Temperature 138 7.5 Summary 146 8. Generic Phase Diagram of Cuprate Superconductors 151 8.1 Introduction 151 8.2 Generic Phase Diagram of Hole-Doped Cuprate Superconductors 151 8.2.1 Generic Phase Diagram: An Overview 151 8.2.2 Symmetry of the Superconducting Order Parameter 153 8.2.3 The Ps...
