Overview

Superconductivity is the ability of certain materials to conduct electrical current with no resistance and extremely low losses. High temperature superconductors, such as La2-xSrxCuOx (Tc=40K) and YBa2Cu3O7-x (Tc=90K), were discovered in 1987 and have been actively studied since. In spite of an intense, world-wide, research effort during this time, a complete understanding of the copper oxide (cuprate) materials is still lacking. Many fundamental questions are unanswered, particularly the mechanism by which high-Tc superconductivity occurs. More broadly, the cuprates are in a class of solids with strong electron-electron interactions. An understanding of such 'strongly correlated' solids is perhaps the major unsolved problem of condensed matter physics with over ten thousand researchers working on this topic. High-Tc superconductors also have significant potential for applications in technologies ranging from electric power generation and transmission to digital electronics. This ability to carry large amounts of current can be applied to electric power devices such as motors and generators, and to electricity transmission in power lines. For example, superconductors can carry as much as 100 times the amount of electricity of ordinary copper or aluminum wires of the same size. Many universities, research institutes and companies are working to develop high-Tc superconductivity applications and considerable progress has been made. This new volume brings together new leading-edge research in the field.

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Author:   Paul S Lewis
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781594540585

ISBN 10:   1594540586
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   01 June 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Irradiation Damage Technology for Manufacturable MgB2 Superconducting Josephson Junction Devices (Dae-Joon Kang and M. G. Blamire, University of Cambridge); Interaction of Superconductor with Magnetic Sheath as a Way for Improving of Critical Current in MgB2 /Fe Superconductors (J. Horvat, University of Wollongong); Detection of the Vortex Dynamic Regimes in MgB2 by Third Harmonic AC Susceptibility Measurements (Carmine Senatore, Universita di Salerno); SQUID Magnetometry of Superconducting Samples: A Practical Guide (Thomas P. Papageorgiou and Hans F. Braun, Universitat Bayreuth); Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Lines in the Presence of Correlated Disorder (Thomas J. Bullard el al, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University); Phase Diagram of the Cuprate Superconductors (Akito Kobayashi, Nagoya University); Andreev States, Gap Functions, Supercurrents and Interface Effects in Clean Superconductors/Normal Mental Structures with Finite Transverse Size (R. E. S. Otadoy el al., University of Saint Carlos); The Nature of Superconductivity in a-uranium (Jeremy L. O'Brien, University of Queensland); Index.

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