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