Chemistry of High Temperature Superconductors

This review volume contains the most up-to-date articles on the chemical aspects of high temperature oxide superconductors. These articles are written by some of the leading scientists in the field and includes a comprehensive list of references. This is an essential volume for researchers working in the fields of ceramics, materials science and chemistry. Contents: Crystal Chemistry and Superconductivity in the Copper Oxides "(J B Goodenough & A Manthiram)"Defects and...
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This review volume contains the most up-to-date articles on the chemical aspects of high temperature oxide superconductors. These articles are written by some of the leading scientists in the field and includes a comprehensive list of references. This is an essential volume for researchers working in the fields of ceramics, materials science and chemistry.
Contents: Crystal Chemistry and Superconductivity in the Copper Oxides "(J B Goodenough & A Manthiram)"Defects and Microstructures in Layered Copper Oxides "(M Hervieu et al.)"Important Common Features of the Cuprate Superconductors: Relation between the Electronic Structure and Superconductivity "(C N R Rao)"Design of New Cuprate Superconductors and Prediction of Their Structures "(T Arima & Y Tokura)"The Modulation in Bismuth Cuprates and Related Materials "(J M Tarascon et al.)"Application of High-Pressure and High-Oxygen Pressure to Cu-Oxides "(M Takano et al.)"Thermodynamics of Y-Ba-Cu-O System and Related Aspects "(S F Pashin & Yu D Tretyakov)"Field Modulated Microwave Absorption in High-Temperature Superconducting Oxides "(M Puri & L Kevan)"High Temperature Superconductor Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Ablation "(S B Ogale)"Magnetic Properties and Field Modulated Microwave Absorption of YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films "(C Schlenker et al.)"and other papers
Readership: Solid state chemists, condensed matter physicists and materials scientists.