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High T<INF>c</INF> Superconductor Materials

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 14A
  • October 1, 1990
  • E. Kaldis + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 6 6 7 - 3
The dynamic developments in high-temperature superconductivity over the last three years has augmented the importance of materials research not only for applications, but also for the understanding of underlying physical phenomena. The discovery of new superconductors has opened up new facets of High Tc research, and the perfection of already known materials has enabled reliable physical measurements to be carried out, providing a foundation for theoretical models. The papers in this volume present an overview of the recent developments in the field of High Tc-materials research. One of the highlights of this meeting was the plenary lecture by the Nobel laureate K. Alex Müller on the importance of the apical oxygen phenomena which are strongly connected with Tc changes.

Space Groups for Solid State Scientists

  • 2nd Edition
  • March 28, 1990
  • Michael Glazer + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 6 4 1 2 - 6
This Second Edition provides solid state scientists, who are not necessarily experts in crystallography, with an understandable and comprehensive guide to the new International Tables for Crystallography. The basic ideas of symmetry, lattices, point groups, and space groups are explained in a clear and detailed manner. Notation is introduced in a step-by-step way so that the reader is supplied with the tools necessary to derive and apply space group information. Of particular interest in this second edition are the discussions of space groups application to such timely topics as high-temperature superconductors, phase transitions, semiconductor superlattices, incommensurate modulation, and icosahedral symmetry.

Charge Density Waves in Solids

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 25
  • December 6, 1989
  • L.P. Gor'kov + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 0 0 7 3 - 8
The latest addition to this series covers a field which is commonly referred to as charge density wave dynamics.The most thoroughly investigated materials are inorganic linear chain compounds with highly anisotropic electronic properties. The volume opens with an examination of their structural properties and the essential features which allow charge density waves to develop.The behaviour of the charge density waves, where interesting phenomena are observed, is treated both from a theoretical and an experimental standpoint. The role of impurities in statics and dynamics is considered and an examination of the possible role of solitons in incommensurate charge density wave systems is given. A number of ways to describe charge density waves theoretically, using computer simulations as well as microscopical models, are presented by a truely international board of authors.

Progress in Low Temperature Physics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 12
  • November 28, 1989
  • D.F. Brewer
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 7 3 0 7 - 7
Volume 12 in this distinguished series starts with a chapter on high temperature superconductivity. The chapter is of general interest, giving a historical perspective of the various speculations in the past on the possibility of such superconductors and the possible mechanisms for the superconductivity in the recently discovered materials. Other chapters illustrate the wide range of physics which are more usual low temperature topics, such as spin polarized 3He gas and the Kapitza thermal boundary resistance at mainly millikelvin temperatures. Topics from neighbouring fields such as metal physics and applications of low-temperature physics are dealt with in chapters on charge density waves and multi-SQUID devices and their applications.

Superconducting and Low-Temperature Particle Detectors

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 5
  • May 1, 1989
  • G. Waysand + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 8 3 6 1 - 5
As demonstrated by the contributions in this volume, the domain of superconducting and low-temperature devices is in a rapidly expanding phase. Interactions between materials sciences, low-temperature physics, astrophysics, nuclear and particle physics have provided the incentive for new experiments, which could ultimately record such rare interactions as double beta decay, neutrino scattering, or collisions of the elusive dark matter halo particles. The theoretical and experimental improvements achieved during the last year have been impressive. Detection of 60 keV resolution with a non-zero spin material as a target seems therefore realizable in the near future. Similarly, impressive achievements on ballistic phonons detection and superheated superconducting detectors have been presented, together with reliable techniques for developing ultra low noise electronics required by these ambitious experiments. Apart from the contributions presented during the symposium, the two original papers by Niinikoski proposing the use of bolometers as particle detectors have been included in this volume. These papers, despite their current interest, have never been published before. The comprehensive style of the papers will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike, in particular solid-state physicists will find the volume of considerable interest, as the field of materials research continues to benefit from the type of work presented here.

Deep Implants: Fundamentals and Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • January 1, 1989
  • G.G. Bentini + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 6 3 7 - 6
Deep implants are produced by the high-energy implantation of impurities in a host material. The thus created subsurface layers have properties that are different from the very surface and the bulk and show great promise for application in the electronics industry.

The Physics and Applications of Amorphous Semiconductors

  • 1st Edition
  • September 28, 1988
  • Arun Madan + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 4 4 3 - 4
This comprehensive, detailed treatise on the physics and applications of the new emerging technology of amorphous semiconductors focuses on specific device research problems such as the optimization of device performance. The first part of the book presents hydrogenated amorphous silicon type alloys, whose applications include inexpensive solar cells, thin film transistors, image scanners, electrophotography, optical recording and gas sensors. The second part of the book discusses amorphous chalcogenides, whose applications include electrophotography, switching, and memory elements. This book will serve as an excellent reference source for solid state scientists and engineers, and as a useful self-contained introduction to the field for graduate students.

Solid State Physics

  • 1st Edition
  • August 28, 1988
  • Giuseppe Grosso + 1 more
  • Giuseppe Grosso + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 8 1 0 2 - 9
Although there are many books published in solid state physics, there is a wide gap between the active field of research and the conceptstraditionally taught in solid state courses. This book fills that gap. The style is tutorial, simple, and completely self-contained. Solid State Physicsexplains to readers the newest advances in the area of condensed matter physics with rigorous, but lucid mathematics. Examples are an integral part of the text, and they are carefully designed to apply the fundamental principles illustrated in the text to currently active topics of research.

Neutrons, X-rays and Light: Scattering Methods Applied to Soft Condensed Matter

  • 1st Edition
  • April 10, 1988
  • P. Lindner + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 1 1 2 2 - 5
Scattering experiments, using X-ray, light and neutron sources (in historical order) are key techniques for studying structure and dynamics in systems containing colliods, polymers, surfactants and biological macromolecules, summarized here as soft condensed matter. The education in this field in Europe is very heterogeneous and frequently inadequate, which severely limits an efficient use of these methods, especially at large-scale facilities. The series of "Bombannes" schools and the completely revised and updated second edition of the lecture notes are devoted to a practical approach to current methodology of static and dynamic techiques. Basic information on data interpretation, on the complementarity of the different types of radiation, as well as information on recent applications and developments is presented. The aim is to avoid over - as well as under-exploitation of data.

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