Superconducting Materials

This volume consists of lectures highlighting fundamentals of advances in superconducting materials, related technologies and applications. Theory, fundamental aspects, advances in materials synthesis, processing and properties are featured, as well as current developments of superconducting components and devices. Both HTC and LTC superconducting materials are discussed. Several years after the discovery of high Tc superconductivity and a multinational effort in its study, this book collects the main results on the subject and presents a state-of-the-art view of the correlations between crystal chemistry and physical properties. Contents: Introduction:Superconducting Materials: History and the Future (K Kitazawa)Mechanism and Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors:Critical Temperature (V Z Kresin)Critical Currents in Superconductors (M Murakami)Pinning Mechanism in High-Tc and Conventional Superconductors (P H Kes et al.)High Tc Material Processing and Characteristics:Superconducting Properties of Melt Processed LRE-Ba-Cu-O (M Murakami)Innovative Techniques in Superconducting Powders Synthesis and Their Influence on Material Processing (A Tampieri & G Celotti)Ceramic Processing in High-Tc Superconductors (N Murayama)Applications:Cryogenic Detectors Based on Superconducting Tunnel Junctions (E Esposito)Microwave Surface Resistance Measurements in High-Tc Superconductors in a Magnetic Field (E Silva)Power Applications of High Temperature Superconductors (S Zannella)and other papers Readership: Students and researchers in condensed matter physics, materials science, high-temperature superconductivity and cryogenics. Keywords:Superconducting;Material;High Temperature