High Tc superconductors and related transition metal oxides : special contributions in honor of K. Alex Müller on the occasion of his 80th birthday / Annette Bussmann-Holder, Hugo Keller (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Müller, K. A. (Karl A.), 1927-

Bussmann-Holder, A. (Annette)

Keller, Hugo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High temperature superconductors.

Transition metal oxides.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2007]

Summary:

This book, which includes 30 articles written by highly reputed experts, is dedicated to K. Alex Muller on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The contributions reflect the major research areas of K. Alex Muller which he activated in high temperature superconductivity and phase transitions. They are theoretical as well as experimental ones and focus mainly on high temperature superconductivity. A smaller part deals with ferroelectricity and their applications. Also in this field there have recently been major break throughs experimentally as well as theoretically which will be addressed by the invited authors. During the scientific career of K. Alex Muller he made major advances in the understanding of ferroelectricity, which used to be his major research field. The discovery of superconductivity in cuprates for which he received together with J. Georg Bednorz the Nobel Prize in 1987 has not diminished his interest in this area, but has enlarged his activities considerably.

Contents:

Superlight Small Bipolarons: A Route to Room Temperature Superconductivity / A. S. Alexandrov 1

Mott Limit in High-T[subscript c] Cuprates / Y. Ando 17

Perovskites and Their New Role in Oxide Electronics / J.G. Bednorz 29

Van Hove Scenario for High T[subscript c] Superconductors / J. Bok, J. Bouvier 35

Possible Jahn-Teller Effect and Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling in Beryllium Hydride / I. Bozovic 43

The Competing Interactions in Multiferroics and Their Possible Implications for HTSs / C. W. Chu 57

Site-Selective Oxygen-Isotope Exchange in YBa[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 7_x] / K. Conder 75

Coexistence of Order-Disorder and Displacive Behavior of KH[subscript 2]PO[subscript 4] and Analogs from Electron Paramagnetic Resonance / N. S. Dalal 85

The High T[subscript c] Cuprates as Nanoscale Inhomogeneous Superconductors / G. Deutscher 99

Essential Role of the Lattice in the Mechanism of High Temperature Superconductivity / T. Egami 103

Shared Fascinations / K. Fossheim 131

Admixture of an s-Wave Component to the d-Wave Gap Symmetry in High-Temperature Superconductors / A. Furrer 135

Electronic Inhomogeneities and Pairing from Unscreened Interactions in High-T[subscript c] Superconductors / A. Bill, V. Hizhnyakov, G. Seibold, E. Sigmund 143

Interplay of Jahn-Teller Physics and Mott Physics in Cuprates / H. Kamimura, H. Ushio, S. Matsuno 157

20 years High Pressure Materials Synthesis Group Activity After Discovery of High-T[subscript c] Superconductors / J. Karpinski 167

Two-Gap Superconductivity in the Cuprate Superconductor La[subscript 1.83]Sr[subscript 0.17]CuO[subscript 4] / R. Khasanov, A. Shengelaya, A. Bussmann-Holder, H. Keller 177

Skyrmions in Lightly Doped Cuprates? / B. I. Kochelaev, F. Waldner 191

Lone Pairs, Bipolarons and Superconductivity in Tellurium / S. Deng, A. Simon, J. Kohler 201

Carbon Based Superconductors / R. K. Kremer, J. S. Kim, A. Simon 213

Band Renormalization Effect in Bi[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]Ca[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 10+delta] / W. S. Lee, T. Cuk, W. Meevasane, D. H. Lu, K. M. Shen, Z.-X. Shen, W. L. Yang, X. J. Zhou, Z. Hussain, C. T. Lin, J.-I. Shimoyama, T. P. Devereaux 227

How Large is the Intrinsic Flux Noise of a Magnetic Flux Quantum, of Half a Flux Quantum and of a Vortex-Free Superconductor? / J. Mannhart, T. Kopp, Y. S. Barash 237

Lattice and Magnetic Excitations in Relation to Pairing and the Formation of Jahn-Teller Polaron Textures in Cuprates / D. Mihailovic, P. Kusar 243

Lattice Effects in High-Temperature Superconducting Cuprates Revealed by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy / H. Oyanagi 253

Specific Heat of Na[subscript 0.3]CoO[subscript 2], 1.3H[subscript 2]O, a Novel Superconductor with Structural and Electronic Similarities to the High-T[subscript c] Cuprates / N. Oeschler, R. A. Fisher, N. E. Phillips, J. E. Gordon, M.-L. Foo, R. J. Cava 259

Quantum Superconductor-Metal Transition in Al, C doped MgB[subscript 2] and Overdoped Cuprates? / T. Schneider 269

Ferroelectric-on-Superconductor Devices / J. F. Scott 277

Electronic Phase Separation and Unusual Isotope Effects in La[subscript 2-x]Sr[subscript x]CuO[subscript 4] Observed by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance / A. Shengelaya, B. I. Kochelaev, K. Conder, H. Keller 287

Some Science History with a Mutual Connection / C. P. Slichter 303

Reminiscences of Collaboration in 1986 / M. Takashige 311

Coupled Order Parameters in Magneto-Ferrolectrics / H. Thomas 315.

Notes:

In the title, in the word "Tc", the "c" is subscript.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

ISBN:

9783540710226

3540710221

OCLC:

140385259