Superconductivity

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the science of superconducting materials. It serves as a fundamental information source on the actual techniques and methodologies involved in superconducting materials growth, characterization and processing. This book includes coverage of several categories of medium and high-temperature superconducting materials: cuprate oxides, borides, and iron-based chalcogenides and pnictides.  Provides a single-source reference on superconducting materials growth, characterization and processing;Bridges the gap between materials science and applications of superconductors;Discusses several categories of superconducting materials such as cuprate oxides, borides, and iron-based chalcogenides and pnictides;Covers synthesis, characterization, and processing of superconducting materials, as well as the nanoengineering approach to tailor the properties of the used materials at the nanoscale level.

Targeted selection and characterisation of contemporary HTS wires for specific applications.- Pinning efficiency of artificial pinning centers in superconductor nanocomposite films.- Control of vortex pinning in YBCO thin films by incorporating APCs through surface modified target approach.- Progress in thick film 2G-HTS development.- Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-δ Nanocomposite Films Using Preformed ZrO2 Nanocrystals via Chemical Solution Deposition.- High vortex activation energies in the AC magnetic response of superconductors close to the DC irreversibility line.- An atomic-scale perspective of the challenging microstructure of YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films.- Growth, properties, and device fabrication of iron-based superconductor thin-films.- Future potentials of new high Tc iron based superconductors.- Grain boundaries in Fe-based superconductors.- Control of the critical current density through microstructural design by Ho2O3 and Te co-addition into MgB2 processed by ex situ spark plasma sintering.- Superconductivity in the two dimensional electron gas at transition metal oxide interfaces.- Prospects of superconducting magnet technology in the medical field: a new paradigm on the horizon?.