Recent Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity: Proceedings of the 1st Polish-US Conference Held at Wrocław and Duszniki Zdrój, Poland, 11–15 September 1995 (Lecture Notes in Physics)

this Book Contains Rewiev Articles Presenting The Current Status Of High-temperature Superconductivity Research. The Articles Cover Synthesis Issues, Materials Properties And Most Fundamental Theoretical Problems. Applications Of High- Temperature Superconductors Are Also Reflected In Several Contributions. the Book Addresses Researchers Working In Fundamental Research In Solid-state Physics As Well As Engineers Developing New Materials For Industrial Applications. Structural features that optimize high temperature superconductivity....Pages 1-15 Role of doping, pressure and van Hove singularities on highest T c materials....Pages 17-35 Localized-itinerant electronic transitions in perovskites....Pages 37-60 Overview of recent magnetic studies of high T c cuprate parent compounds and related materials....Pages 61-82 HgBa 2 Ca n−1 Cu n O 2n+2+δ and Y 2 Ba 4 Cu 6+n O 14+n single crystals: High pressure synthesis and properties....Pages 83-102 Tl-based high temperature superconducting cuprates: Structure and properties....Pages 103-113 Hydrogen in high- T c superconductors....Pages 115-130 The superconductor-insulator transition in the LaSrCuO system....Pages 131-150 On the “ s ” and “ d ” wave symmetry in high- T c cuprate superconductors....Pages 151-151 Properties of infinite-layer and T ′-phase electron-doped copper-oxide superconductors....Pages 153-165 Magnetically modulated microwave absorption MMMA in investigation of superconductors....Pages 167-183 Emerging applications of high temperature superconductors in electric power....Pages 185-200 Spin fluctuations and $$d_{x^2 - y^2 }$$ pairing in the cuprate superconductors: A progress report....Pages 201-220 Crossover from BCS superconductivity to superfluidity of local pairs....Pages 221-242 Electron-phonon interactions in correlated systems....Pages 243-252 Voltage-probe-position dependence and magnetic-flux contribution to the measured voltage in ac tansport measurements: Which measuring circuit determines the real losses?....Pages 253-264 Superconductivity in doped insulators....Pages 265-277 Superconducting properties of the weakly interacting charged boes gas....Pages 279-283 Universal properties of multilayer high-temperature superconductors: Transition, temperature and a spatial modulation of the gap....Pages 285-301 Driven motion of vortices in superconductors....Pages 303-315 Superconducting fraunhofer microscopy the one vortex problem....Pages 317-320 The impact of tailored defects on length scales and current conduction in high-T c superconductors....Pages 321-335 Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism in HTSC materials? μSR and magnetooptical studies....Pages 337-349 This book contains rewiev articles presenting the current status of high-temperature superconductivity research. The articles cover synthesis issues, materials properties and most fundamental theoretical problems. Applications of high- temperature superconductors are also reflected in several contributions. The book addresses researchers working in fundamental research in solid-state physics as well as engineers developing new materials for industrial applications. This text contains review articles presenting the current status of high-temperature superconductivity research. The articles cover synthesis issues, materials properties and most fundamental theoretical problems. Applications of high-temperature superconductors are also reflected.