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The rise of the superconductors / P.J. Ford and G.A. Saunders.
Van Pelt Library QC611.92 .F65 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, P. J. (Peter John)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superconductivity.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- The Rise of the Superconductors is an ideological chronology of the science that has produced superconductors. Starting with the liquefaction of helium, the Meissner effect, the development of type II superconductors, and the impact of Bednorz and Mller's Nobel prize-winning research in high temperature ceramic superconductors, the authors recount the rise of Tc materials and organic superconductors, particularly in fullerene materials, which earned their discoverers the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1996. Coverage includes the properties and behavior of superconductors and their impact on theoretical physics, Josephson effects, and large- and small-scale applications. This book concludes with an international perspective on the current state of the art.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Long Road to the Discovery of Superconductivity 5
- Chapter 2 Superconductivity Reveals Its Mysteries 17
- Chapter 3 The Breakthrough to High Temperature Superconductivity 33
- Chapter 4 Structure of the Cuprates. CuO[subscript 2] Layers: The Genie for High Temperature Superconductivity 49
- Chapter 5 A Diversion: Quantum Mechanics, Atoms and the Free Electron Theory of Metals 63
- Chapter 6 What Causes Superconductivity? 83
- Chapter 7 The Giant Quantum State and Josephson Effects 109
- Chapter 8 Applications of Superconductors: Enabling Technologies of the 21st Century 121
- Chapter 9 Electronic Applications of High Temperature Superconductors 147
- Chapter 10 Organic Superconductors Enter the Race for the Top 177
- Chapter 11 The Continuing Search for the Physical Origin of High Temperature Superconductivity 189
- Epilogue: The Way Forward? 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-227) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Craig M. Merrihue Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0748407723
- OCLC:
- 55587650
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