High-Temperature Superconductivity Experiment and Theory [Paperback]

High-Temperature Superconductors provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the properties of these fascinating materials. Much has been learned about the behavior and mechanism of this novel type of superconductivity over the past five years, but many questions remain unanswered. This book gives an invaluable survey which will help students and researchers to consolidate their knowledge and build upon it. A large number of illustrations and tables give valuable information for specialists. A critical comparison of different theoretical models involving strong electron correlations, spin fluctuations, phonons and excitons provides a background for understanding modern trends in the theory of high-temperature superconductivity.High-Temperature Superconductors provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the properties of these fascinating materials. Much has been learned about the behavior and mechanism of this novel type of superconductivity over the past five years, but many questions remain unanswered. This book gives an invaluable survey which will help students and researchers to consolidate their knowledge and build upon it. A large number of illustrations and tables give valuable information for specialists. A critical comparison of different theoretical models involving strong electron correlations, spin fluctuations, phonons and excitons provides a background for understanding modern trends in the theory of high-temperature superconductivity.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.- 2.2.1 The Structure of La2-xMxCuO4-y.- 2.2.2 A Phenomenological Theory of Structural Phase Transitions in La2CuO4- Based Compounds.- 2.3 Nd2-xCexCuO4 Compounds.- 2.4 Y-Ba-Cu-O-Based Compounds.- 2.4.1 The Structure of YlÓ1