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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300426903321

Autore

Uchida Shin-ichi

Titolo

High Temperature Superconductivity : The Road to Higher Critical Temperature / / by Shin-ichi Uchida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

4-431-55300-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (98 p.)

Collana

Springer Series in Materials Science, , 0933-033X ; ; 213

Disciplina

537.623

Soggetti

Superconductivity

Superconductors

Low temperature physics

Low temperatures

Materials—Surfaces

Thin films

Solid state physics

Magnetism

Magnetic materials

Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity

Low Temperature Physics

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Solid State Physics

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

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.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Overview of Superconducting Materials with Tc Higher than 23 K -- Copper Oxide Superconductors -- Iron-Based Superconductors -- Summary and Perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an overview of material-specific factors that influence Tc and give rise to diverse Tc values for copper oxides and iron-based high- Tc superconductors on the basis of more than 25 years of experimental data, to most of which the author has made important contributions. The book then explains why both compounds are distinct from others with similar crystal structure and whether or



not one can enhance Tc, which in turn gives a hint on the unresolved pairing mechanism. This is an unprecedented new approach to the problem of high-temperature superconductivity and thus will be inspiring to both specialists and non-specialists interested in this field.   Readers will receive in-depth information on the past, present, and future of high-temperature superconductors, along with special, updated information on what the real highest Tc values are and particularly on the possibility of enhancing Tc for each member material, which is important for application. At this time, the highest Tc has not been improved for 20 years, and no new superconductors have been discovered for 5 years. This book will encourage researchers as well as graduate-course students not to give up on the challenges in the future of high- Tc superconductivity.