Frontiers in Superconducting Materials

Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic and electrical engineers. Even non-specialists interested in superconductivity might find some useful answers.

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Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic and electrical engineers. Even non-specialists interested in superconductivity might find some useful answers.

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Superconducting Materials - A Topical Overview.- Superconductivity at Ultralow Temperatures and Its Interplay with Nuclear Magnetism.- Superconductivity in Heavy Fermion Compounds.- One Dimensional Organic Superconductors.- Uperconductivity in Fulleride.- Chemical Design of Copper-Oxide Superconductors: - Homologous Series and Oxygen Engineering -.- Oxygen in High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors.- Rutheno-Cuprates: The Superconducting Ferromagnets.- A Phase Diagram Approach to Magnetic Superconductors.- Superconductivity in Quaternary Borocarbides.- Heterogeneous Magnetic Superconducting Systems.- High Pressure Effects on Superconductivity.- Disordered Superconductors.- Irradiation of HTS for Enhancement of Critical Current.- Stacking Manner of Charge Reservoir Blocks in Superconducting Copper Oxides.- Superconductors with Nanoscale Flux Pinning Centres.- Physics and Chemistry of the Cobalt Oxide Hydrate Superconductor.- Progress in NaxCoO2 Single Crystal Growth.- Development of Nb-Based Conductors.- Bi-Based Superconducting Cuprates: Materials Aspects, Crystal Growth and Properties.- (RE)Ba2Cu3O7 Coated Conductors for AC and DC Applications.- Thallium-Based Superconducting Cuprates.- Materials Developments and Applications of Bulk RE-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors.- Synthesis of Bulk Superconductors and Their Properties on Permannent Magnet Guideway.- High Tc Cuprates - Thin Film Processing, Atomic Layer Controlled Deposition.- Superconductivity in MgB2.- Superconductivity of Magnesium Diboride: Theoretical Aspects.- Critical Current Density in Superconducting MgB2.- Preparation and Properties of Advanced MgB2 Wires and Tapes.- MgB2 Thin Films.