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Prologue. The long road to the discovery of superconductivity. Superconductivity reveals its mysteries. The breakthrough to high temperature superconductivity. Structure of the cuprates. CuO2 layers: the genie for high temperature superconductivity. A diversion: quantum mechanics, atoms and the free electron theory of metals What causes superconductivity? The giant quantum state and Josephson effects. Applications of superconductors: enabling technologies of the 21st century. Electronic applications of high temperature superconductors. Organic superconductors enter the race for the top. The continuing search for the physical origin of high-temperature superconductivity. Epilogue. The way forward? References. Subject Index.
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P.J. Ford, G.A. Saunders
Summary
An ideological chronology of the science that has produced superconductors. It recounts the rise of Tc materials and organic superconductors, particularly in fullerene materials. It covers properties and behavior of superconductors and their impact on theoretical physics, Josephson effects, and large- and small-scale applications.
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"An excellent introduction to a fascinating area of condensed matter physics should benefit the novice and the experienced reader … . The authors deal well with the large amount of research in what has been one of the most intensively investigated areas of physics in the last 18 years."
- Materials Today, Vol. 8, No. 9, Sept. 2005
