The present book aims at describing the phenomenon of superconductivity and high-temperature superconductors discovered by Bednorz and Muller in 1986. The book covers the superconductivity phenomenon, structure of high-Tc superconductors, critical currents, synthesis routes for high Tc materials, superconductivity in cuprates, the proximity effect and SQUIDs, theories of superconductivity and applications of superconductors.
Author(s): Ajay Kumar Saxena (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 125
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 226
Tags: Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity; Structural Materials; Engineering, general
Front Matter....Pages 1-12
The Phenomenon: Occurrence and Characteristics....Pages 1-39
Crystal structure of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 41-57
Critical Current....Pages 59-97
Synthesis of High T c Superconductors....Pages 99-121
Superconductivity in Cuprates....Pages 123-145
The Proximity and Josephson Effects....Pages 147-198
Theories of superconductivity....Pages 199-214
Application of superconductivity....Pages 215-218
Back Matter....Pages 1-5