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The Rise of the Superconductors (Hardcover)
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The Rise of the Superconductors (Hardcover)
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High-temperature superconductors are one of the most active and
exciting areas of condensed matter physics research. From
high-quality thin-films to friction-less transportation, their
applications in industries such as telecommunications, environment
and geology, medicine, nuclear physics, and security are just the
beginning. The Rise of the Superconductors is an ideological
chronology of the science that has produced superconductors.
Beginning with the first liquefaction of helium, the book presents
the discovery of the Meissner effect and the development of type II
superconductors before discussing the impact of Bednorz and
Muller's Nobel prize-winning research in high temperature ceramic
superconductors. Authors seamlessly introduce the rise of Tc
materials, whose layer-like nature, anisotropic behavior, and other
properties are discussed in Chapter 4. The next chapter is devoted
to the discovery, development, and characteristics of organic
superconductors, particularly in fullerene materials, whose
discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. The authors
then examine the properties and theoretical developments explaining
the behavior of simple superconductors, highlighting their impact
on theoretical physics. Subsequent chapters analyze the
technological advances, production challenges, and future
directions of large- and small-scale applications, Josephson
effects, the development of SQUID technology, and the specific
behavior of high temperature superconductors. The Rise of the
Superconductors concludes with a brief look at the struggle for
technical superiority between the U.S. and Japan, European
contributions, and commentary on the current state of the art.
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