High Temperature Superconductivity and Localization Phenomena

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Foreword
• Localisation Phenomena
  • Spin density mesoscopic fluctuations due to electric current
  • Anomalous field effect end glassy behavior in gated Anderson insulators
  • Localization and electron-electron interaction in inhomogeneous gold films
  • Superconductor-insulator transition in Mo-C films
  • The electron-magnon interaction in disordered ferromagnetic metals
  • Electron density of states anomalies in disordered metals studied by tunnel experiments
  • Weak localization and overheating effects in the conductivity of semimetal thin films
  • Influence of oxygen subsystem in RBa₂Cu₂O_6+x on the contribution of localization and interaction effects to the electrical conductivity
  • Weak and strong localization in a nondegenerate electron gas in semiconductors.
  • Localization in the Anderson model on the Bethe lattice
  • Enhanced pairing interactions and inelastic Coulumb scattering in a two-band picture
  • Direct observation of isotropic quantum magnetoresistance
  • Tunneling evidence for localisation effects in high-T_c superconductors
  • d-electron conduction in amorphous Gd-Co alloys
  • Localization in organic metal Et₂Cu₅I₆ as a consequence of frozen superionic disorder
  • Quantum interference phenomenon in electron backscattering from random medium
• Fluctuational Effects in Superconductors
  • Electronic transport properties of thallium-based superconducting single crystals
  • Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and fluctuation paraconductivity in the Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O₇ single crystal films
  • Dimensional crossover in Pb/Ge superconducting multilayers
  • Fluctuation thermopower in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O crystal
• Josephson Junctions and Applications
  • The dynamics of solitons in long Josephson junctions and its application
  • Superconducting devices for signal detection and data processing
  • Heating of electrons in resistive state of superconducting films. Detectors, mixers and switches
  • Towards the fabrication of HTSC thin film structures
  • On the theory of double-barrier superconducting structures
  • Josephson current in antiferromagnetic superconductors
  • Free fluxon creation in the long Josephson junctions with local injection
  • I-V characteristics hysteresis in superconducting Ba_1-xK_xBiO₃ under microwave radiation
  • On energy distribution of gaps in GdBa₂Cu₃O₇
  • Phase slip centres in HTSC
  • Interconnected HTSC film bridges
  • Some features of the I-V characteristics of HTSC thin-film bridges
  • Nontermal photoresponse of YBaCu/MgO bolometric structure to laser excitation
  • Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconducting ceramics employment for magnetic field measurements
  • Unconventional techniques for obtaining an electromechanical torque in superconducting electrical machines
  • Integrated-circuit microwave detector based on granular high-T_c thin films
  • The response of high-temperature superconductors to nanosecond laser pulse action
  • Influence of the proximity effect on current-voltage characteristics of break junctions in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O:Pb
• Spectroscopy of HTSC
  • Superconducting gap in high T_c superconductors: Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈
  • NQR in some super- and nonsuperconducting Bi cuprates
  • The observation of ¹⁶⁹Tm NMR in TmBa₂Cu₃O_7-y
  • EPR of Er³ and Yb³⁺ ions in high-T_c superconducting ceramics Bi₂Sr₂Ca_1-xY_xCu₂O₈
  • ⁵⁷Fe Mossbauer study of Fe-doped YBa₄Cu₃O_8.5+y
  • Theoretical predictions for XRPE- and NQR- spectra of the high-T_c superconductors from non-empirical electron density calculations
  • The effect of temperature in hybridization of oxygen–copper states in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ near the Fermi level: absorption spectroscopy data in 1.5-3.0 eV region
  • Spin-glass behavior and possible superconductivity in Ca-doped double-layered perovskite Y_0.85Ca_0.15BaCuFeO₅
  • Spin resonance in high temperature superconducting single crystals below T_c
• Theory of HTSC
  • Van-Hove points and high-temperature superconductivity
  • Atomic structure peculiarities of surface and domain boundaries in high-temperature superconductors
  • Influence of quantum defects on superconductivity
  • Manifestation of the polaronic effect in transport properties of lightly doped La₂CuO₄
  • 2d superconductivity in metals
  • Ferrons and polarons in two-dimensional t–j model
  • Non-rigid behavior of the electronic states in the doped CuO₂-layer
  • Exact diagonalization study of the influence of Anderson disorder on antiferromagnetic correlations, electron and hole binding energies in the Cu₄O₈ cluster
  • Charge fluctuations and superconductivity in the Hubbard model with attraction
  • Determination of the type of pairing and the order parameter in HTSC by sound and microwave absorption experiments
  • Modified statistical approximation: an effective method for electron density calculations in high-T_c superconductors
  • On the dielectric-superconductor phase transition and peculiarities of physical properties of Ba_1-xK_xBiO₃ system
  • Electron response of the compound YBa₂Cu₃O_7-8 to local excitation
• Transport and Magnetic Properties of HTSC
  • The importance of Redox mechanisms for optimization of high T_c superconductive thallium cuprates
  • Penetration depth, lower critical field and noise characteristics in single crystals of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_y
  • Magnetohydrodynamics effects in high-field superconductors
  • The Hall effect in Tl₂Ba₂CaCu₂O_x single crystals
  • Heat transport by flexural vibrations in HTSC
  • High field magnetometry and critical current densities of high-T_c materials
  • Flux creep and peak-effect in Bi₂Sr₂CaCuO_x single crystals in the case of a transport current along the c-axis
  • Intergranular and intragranular vortices, vortex elasticity and surface impedance of high-T_c superconductors
  • Thermal fluctuations in multicontact Josephson granular systems and ac magnetic susceptibility
  • Anomalies in magnetoresistivity of high-T_c metal oxides
  • Size dependent dc and ac magnetic properties of YBaCuO powders
  • Magnetooptic study of the magnetic flux behaviour in HTSCs
  • Critical fields of the HTSC superconductors
  • Influence of the magnetic field on thermogalvanomagnetic effects and relaxation phenomena in La-Sr-Cu-O at T < T_c
  • Peculiarities of magnetic flux penetration in fine-grained ceramic high temperature superconductor samples
  • Influence of Bean-Livingston barrier on flux penetration into the system of superconducting granules
  • Interaction of magnetoacoustic waves with flux-line lattice in high-T_c superconductor-ferrite structure
  • Interaction of the bulk waves and the surface waves with Abrikosov's vortices in the external magnetic field
  • On possible jump of sample magnetization at the melting point of flux line lattice in single crystals of high-T_c superconductors
  • Explosive thermal instability of a current flow in HTSC single crystals under flux creep conditions
  • New data about diamagnetic peculiarities in Bi-containing superconductors
  • Investigation of magnetic field distribution on the surface of single crystal YBa₂Cu₃O₇ by EPR
  • Influence of the granular HTSC structure on flux trapping by hollow cylinders
  • Magnetic properties of k-(ET)₂Cu(NCS)₂ single crystals
  • Pinned fluxons tunneling, tunneling fluxon states and tunneling fluxons mode condensation in high temperature superconductors
  • Thermal conductivity of high-T_c Bi₂Sr₂Ca_1-xMg_xCu₂O_y
  • Thermal conductivity of superconducting ceramics of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x at temperatures from 15 to 300 K
  • Acoustic anomalies near the phase transitions in Nd₂CuO₄
  • Magnetostriction of monocrystal DyBa₂Cu₃O_6.8
  • Peculiarities of electron-phonon interaction in DyBa₂Cu₃O_7-x
  • Magnetic scattering and features of magnetotransport in HTSC
  • Investigation of the resistive transitions of YBa₂(Cu_1-xM_x)₃O_7-y (M = Fe, Zn, Al) samples in magnetic field
  • Transport measurements of the La_2-xSr_xCuO_4-y single crystals at ultralow temperatures
  • Hysteresis of magnetoresistance of nonsuperconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O film
  • Transport current effect on x′ and x″ in Bi_l,6(Pb_0.4)Sr₂Ca₂Cu₂O₈ near T_c
  • Temperature and size dependences of the magnetic field response of YBaCuO films
  • Investigation of phase transitions in the YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x films by surface electromagnetic waves
  • Optical properties of Nd_2-yCe_yCuO₄ single crystals in dielectric, super conducting and metallic phases
  • Modification of electrical and optical properties of high-T_c materials under neutron irradiation and high-temperature annealing
  • Mechanism for unusual photovoltaic effect in YBaCuO-films
  • The ab-plane critical current density and localization of superconducting current in a Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_x single crystal
  • Smooth homogeneous HTSC thin films produced by laser deposition with flux separation
  • The radiation defects influence on epitaxial Nd(Ce)-Cu-O films critical temperature and resistivity in ion irradiation
  • The carriers density, resistivity and critical temperature of disordered orientated YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x films
  • YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x domain single-crystals superconducting and structural properties
  • Stable hysteresis of critical current and its anisotropy in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ films
  • Effect of neutron, proton and γ-radiation upon superconducting parameters of YBa₂Cu₃O₇ materials
  • Radiation enhanced electron-ionic processes in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄
  • Diffusion textured YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ ceramics and peculiarity of its intergrain bonds
  • The effect of condition of the silver electrode burning on the critical current in the YBa₂Cu₃O_7-y ceramic samples
  • Fluctuative superconductivity in organic superconductor β-(Et)₂J₃
• Chemistry and Technology
  • Superconducting phases with various compositions in BiO_1.5-SrO-CaO-CuO system and the infuence of deviations from stoichiometry on HTSC-crystals parameters
  • Homologous series of superconducting phases in the system Bi₂O₃-SrO-CaO-CuO_1+δ
  • On crystal chemistry of the superconducting perovskite oxides
  • Solid phase fluoration of HTSC 123-compositions
  • Effect of the substitution of Ca²⁺ for Y³⁺ ions on the superconductivity of the compositions 123
  • The valence of Bi and Pb in BaPb_1-xBi_xO₃-superconducting oxide — an X-ray absorption study
  • Local oxygen ordering and phase separation in RBa₂Cu₃O_6+x
  • The oxygen dimers in high-T_c superconductors
  • Synthesis of HTSC materials in the ammonium nitrate melt
  • Chemical polishing and etching of high-T_c Y-Ba-Cu-O and Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O systems
  • Chalcogenide analogues of HTSC
  • Influence of sample preparation conditions and atom disordering on the thermal properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_x
  • Preparation of superconducting bismuth coatings on different substrates by sol-gel method
  • Equilibrium phase relations and crystal growth in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system
  • Thermally stimulated luminescence of high-T_c superconducting materials
  • Thermal expansion of single crystal superconductor 1:2:3 under uniaxial stressing
  • Transport properties of thin superconducting films overcoated with dielectric films