Ruthenate materials have come into focus recently because of their very interesting magnetic and superconducting properties. From the first international conference on this topic, the present volume has emerged as a first coherent account of the considerable body of work, both theoretical and experimental, gathered in this field within a short time span. The book has been written in the form of a set of lectures and tutorial reviews with the aim of providing the research community with both a comprehensive and modern source of reference and a tutorial introduction for postgraduate students and nonspecialists working in related areas.

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Toward the Full Determination of the Superconducting Order Parameter of Sr2RuO4.- Magnetic Excitations in 214-Ruthenates.- Unconventional Superconductivity with Either Multi-component or Multi-band, or with Chirality.- The Behaviour of a Triplet Superconductor in a Spin Only Magnetic Field.- Coexistence of Spin-Triplet Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism Induced by the Hund's Rule Exchange.- Quasi-particle Spectra of Sr2RuO4.- Normal State Properties of Sr2RuO4.- The Nature of the Superconducting State in Rutheno-Cuprates.- Coexistence of Superconductivity and Weak-Ferromagnetism in Eu2?x Ce x RuSr2Cu2O10?? .- A Phase Diagram Approach to Superconductivity and Magnetism in Rutheno-Cuprates.- The Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties of the Layered Ruthenocuprates RuSr2GdCu2O8 and Pb2Sr2Cu2RuO8Cl.- Magnetism and Superconductivity in Ru1?x Sr2RECu2+x O8?d (RE=Gd, Eu) and RuSr2Gd1?y Ce y Cu2O8 Compounds.- ESR Studies of the Magnetism in Ru-1212 and Ru-2212.- Structure and Morphology of NdSr2RuCu2O y and GdSr2RuCu2Oz.- Synthesis Effects on the Magnetic and Superconducting Properties of RuSr2GdCu2O8.- Comparison of Electronic Structure, Magnetic Mechanism, and Symmetry of Pairing in Ruthenates and Cuprates.- Magnetism, Spin Fluctuations and Superconductivity in Perovskite Ruthenates.- Metamagnetic Quantum Criticality in Sr3Ru2O7.- Metamagnetic Transition and Low-Energy Spin Density Fluctuations in Sr3Ru2O7.- Decrease of Ferromagnetic Transition Temperature in Nonstoichiometric SrRu1?v O3 Perovskites.- Strain Effects in SrRuO3 Thin Films and Heterostructures.