Physical properties of high-temperature superconductors / / Rainer Wesche

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140643103321
• Autore: Wesche Rainer <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-5231-1512-2; 1-118-69667-0; 1-118-69664-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (546 p.)
• Collana: Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications
• Disciplina: 621.3/5
• Soggetti: High temperature superconductors
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgment; List of Tables; Nomenclature; Chapter 1 Brief History of Superconductivity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Milestones in the Field of Superconductivity; 1.2.1 Early Discoveries; 1.2.2 Progress in the Understanding of Superconductivity; 1.2.3 Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity; 1.2.4 Importance of Higher Transition Temperatures for Applications; References; Chapter 2 The Superconducting State; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Electrical Resistance; 2.3 Characteristic Properties of Superconductors; 2.4 Superconductor Electrodynamics2.5 Thermodynamics of Superconductors; References; Chapter 3 Superconductivity: A Macroscopic Quantum Phenomenon; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 BCS Theory of Superconductivity; 3.3 Tunneling Effects; References; Chapter 4 Type II Superconductors; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Ginzburg-Landau Theory; 4.3 Magnetic Behavior of Type I and Type II Superconductors; 4.4 Critical Current Densities of Type I and Type II Superconductors; 4.5 Anisotropic Superconductors; References; Chapter 5 Cuprate Superconductors: An Overview; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Families of Superconductive Cuprates5.3 Variation of Charge Carrier Density (Doping); 5.4 Summary; References; Chapter 6 Crystal ; Structures of Cuprate Superconductors; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Diffraction Methods; 6.2.1 Bragg Condition; 6.2.2 Miller Indices; 6.2.3 Classification of Crystal Structures; 6.2.4 X-ray Diffraction; 6.2.5 Neutron Diffraction; 6.3 Crystal Structures of the Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductors; 6.3.1 The Crystal Structure of La2CuO4; 6.3.2 The Crystal Structure of YBa2Cu3O7-δ; 6.3.3 The Crystal Structures of Bi-22(n - 1)n High-Temperature Superconductors; 6.3.4 The Crystal Structures of Tl-based High-Temperature Superconductors6.3.5 The Crystal Structures of Hg-based High-Temperature Superconductors; 6.3.6 Lattice Parameters of Cuprate Superconductors; References; Chapter 7 Empirical Rules for the Critical Temperature; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Relations between Charge Carrier Density and Critical Temperature; 7.3 Effect of the Number of CuO2 Planes in the Copper Oxide Blocks; 7.4 Effect of Pressure on the Critical Temperature; 7.5 Summary; References; Chapter 8 Generic Phase Diagram of Cuprate Superconductors; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Generic Phase Diagram of Hole-Doped Cuprate Superconductors8.2.1 Generic Phase Diagram: An Overview; 8.2.2 Symmetry of the Superconducting Order Parameter; 8.2.3 The Pseudogap; 8.3 Summary; References; Chapter 9 Superconducting Properties of Cuprate High-Tc Superconductors; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Characteristic Length Scales; 9.3 Superconducting Energy Gap; 9.4 Magnetic Phase Diagram and Irreversibility Line; 9.5 Critical Current Densities in Cuprate Superconductors; 9.5.1 Definitions of the Critical Current; 9.5.2 Critical Currents in Polycrystalline Cuprate Superconductors; 9.5.3 Critical Currents in Bulk Cuprate Superconductors