Research into high-Tc materials demands the co-operation of physicists, chemists and materials scientists to discover the best solutions to the most important challenges presented by the field. In the fifth annual Workshop on High Temperature Superconductors and Novel Inorganic Materials Engineering, the topic is extended beyond high-Tc superconductivity to include other advanced oxide materials, mainly colossal magnetoresistance materials, which are closely related to the ceramic superconductors. This book covers the synthesis, characterisation (both structural and physical) and engineering of this class of materials.

Since the 1980s, a general theme in the study of high-temperature superconductors has been to test the BCS theory and its predictions against new data. At the same time, this process has engendered new physics, new materials, and new theoretical frameworks. Remarkable advances have occurred in sample quality and in single crystals, in hole and electron doping in the development of sister compounds with lower transition temperatures, and in instruments to probe structure and dynamics. Handbook of High-Temperature Superconductvity is a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of both experimental and theoretical methodologies by the the world's top leaders in the field. The Editor, Nobel Laureate J. Robert Schrieffer, and Associate Editor James S. Brooks, have produced a unified, coherent work providing a global view of high-temperature superconductivity covering the materials, the relationships with heavy-fermion and organic systems, and the many formidable challenges that remain.

This book explores the fascinating field of high-temperature superconductivity. Basic concepts–including experimental techniques and theoretical issues–are discussed in a clear, systematic manner. In addition, the most recent research results in the measurements, materials synthesis and processing, and characterization of physical properties of high-temperature superconductors are presented. Researchers and students alike can use this book as a comprehensive introduction not only to superconductivity but also to materials-related research in electromagnetic ceramics. Special features of the book: presents recent developments in vortex-state properties, defects characterization, and phase equilibrium introduces basic concepts for experimental techniques at low temperatures and high magnetic fields provides a valuable reference for materials-related research discusses potential industrial applications of high-temperature superconductivity includes novel processing technologies for thin film and bulk materials suggests areas of research and specific problems whose solution can make high-Tc superconductors a practical reality

Drawing from physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ceramics, and metallurgy, high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) spans nearly the entire realm of materials science. This volume presents each of those disciplines at an introductory level, such that readers will ultimately be able to read the literature in the field.

This book is a collection of proceedings of a symposium organized by the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society on the preparations, properties, and processing of high-temperature superconducting materials. The proceedings include papers of new results presented at the symposium.

Emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach reflecting distinguished contributions by chemists, physicists, materials scientists, ceramicists, and electrical engineers, this timely reference gives a unified, comprehensive treatment of superconductivity encompassing background information for beginners and pioneering research for the most advanced specialists. Complete with over 500 citations of related literature and numerous diagrams, tables, and photographs, High-Temperature Superconducting Materials includes a review of oxide superconductors' structure/property relationships and factors affecting the conduction mechanism ... chronology of developments leading to the discovery of high-temperature superconducting materials ... basic physics of superconductivity ... discussions of XANES, ac Josephson effect, thermogravimetry, EPR, electron microscopy, infrared reflectance, Raman spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibilities, and specific heat studies ... unusual features of materials with high T[subscript c]'s ... processing techniques' effects on the properties of resultant materials ... and the effects of structure and chemical composition on the superconductivity transition temperature. An authoritative appraisal of a rapidly advancing field, High-Temperature Superconducting Materials is an indispensable reference for solid-state chemists and physicists, materials scientists and engineers, ceramicists, and electrical and electronics engineers as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in superconductivity. Book jacket.