High-Temperature Superconductivity

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review which will be invaluable to researchers and can also be used by students as a tutorial introduction to this extensive research area.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 1.1 The Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity.- 1.2 A New Class of Oxide Superconductors.- 1.3 General Properties of Oxide Superconductors.- 2. Crystal Structure.- 2.1 The Structure of Ba1-xKxBiO3.- 2.2 Lai1-xMxCuO4 Compounds.- 2.3 Nd2-xCexCuO4 Compounds.- 2.4 Y-Ba-Cu-O-Based Compounds.- 2.5 Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O and Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O Compounds.- 3. Antiferromagnetism in High-Temperature Superconductors.- 3.1 Antiferromagnetism in La2CuO4 Compounds.- 3.2 Antiferromagnetism in YBa2Cu3O6+x Compounds.- 3.3 Spin Dynamics Studied by the NMR Method.- 4. Thermodynamic Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors.- 4.1 The Anisotropic Ginsburg-Landau Model.- 4.2 Specific Heat.- 4.3 Magnetic Properties.- 5. Electronic Properties of High-Tc Superconductors.- 5.1 Crystal Chemistry of Oxide Superconductors.- 5.2 The Effect of Impurity Substitution.- 5.3 Theoretical Electronic Band-Structure Studies.- 5.4 Experimental Studies of the Electronic Structure.- 5.5 Transport Properties.- 5.6 Superconducting Gap.- 6. Lattice Dynamics and Electron-Phonon Interaction.- 6.1 Phonon Spectra Neutron Scattering.- 6.2 Optical Investigations.- 6.3 Theoretical Models.- 7. Theoretical Models of High-Temperature Superconductivity.- 7.1 Quasi-Particles in Models with Strong Correlation.- 7.2 Superconductivity in Systems with Strong Correlations.- 7.3 Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity.- 7.4 Electron-Phonon Mechanism.- 7.5 Exciton Models.- 8. Conclusion.- References.