High-Tc copper oxide superconductors and related novel materials : dedicated to Prof. K.A. Müller on the occasion of his 90th birthday /
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| Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Springer series in materials science, 0933-033X ; volume 255 Springer series in materials science ; v. 255. |
| Subject: | High temperature superconductivity. Copper oxide superconductors. High temperature superconductors. Electronic devices & materials. Nanotechnology. Ceramics & glass technology. Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry. Semi-conductors & super-conductors. SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electricity. SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electromagnetism. Copper oxide superconductors. High temperature superconductivity. High temperature superconductors. Electronic book. Electronic books. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11272836 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1: Electronic Phase Separation and Electron-Phonon Coupling in Cuprate Superconductors; Prologue; Electronic Phase Separation in Cuprates: From Early Theories to Current Experiments; Charge Inhomogeneities and Electron-Phonon Coupling; Enhancement of the Electron-Phonon Vertex Due to Correlation Effects in the Limit of Small Momentum Transfer; Superconductivity Induced by Long Wavelength Optical Phonons; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Search for Higher Tc in Houston; Interface-Induced Superconductivity; Layered Cuprate Superconductors with a Tc Above 164K.
- Hydrogen-Rich Molecular CompoundsOptimization of Multi-interaction in Multiferroics; References; Chapter 3: From Granular Superconductivity to High Tc; Tel Aviv, 1978; Alex Muller Learns and Teaches Superconductivity; Is There Anything Common to Granular Aluminum and the High Tc Oxides?; Granular Aluminum Is Not a Metal in the Conventional Sense; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Alex and the Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity; Introduction; Lattice Effects; Iron-Pnictide Superconductors; Origin of HTSC; Role of the Mottness and AMF Order; Possible Mechanism of HTSC.
- Spin-Channel e-p CouplingReal-Space Polaronic Effect; Role of the Orbitals; Alex and HTSC; References; Chapter 5: Encounters with Alex; Early Days; Some Differences; Stockholm; Trondheim Again; Two on the Roof, in Pisa; Alex in Trondheim Again: Doctor Honoris Causa; Nobel Book and Followup; Chapter 6: The Barocaloric Effect: A Spin-off of the Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity; Introduction; The Barocaloric Effect (BCE); Basic Principles; Structurally Driven BCE; PrLaO3; PrxLa1-xNiO3; Magnetically Driven BCE; BCE in a Kondo System; Valence Driven BCE.
- Achievements in High-Temperature SuperconductivityInhomogeneous Materials Character; Oxygen and Copper Isotope Effects; Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 7: Personal Reflections on High-Tc Superconductivity; To Alex Mueller on Turning 90; Chapter 8: NMR of Cuprate Superconductors: Recent Developments; Introduction; NMR and Cuprate Superconductors; Failure of the Single Fluid Description; Average Charge at Cu and O in the CuO2 Plane; Charge-Resolved Cuprate Phase Diagram; Charge and Spin Density Variations in the CuO2 Plane; Conclusion and Outlook; References.
- Chapter 9: Towards an Understanding of Hole SuperconductivityIntroduction; Holes in Condensed Matter Physics; Electron-Hole Asymmetric Polarons and Dynamic Hubbard Models; Hole Superconductivity in Materials; The Central Question in Superconductivity; Why Holes Are Not Like Electrons; How Holes Answer the Central Question in Superconductivity; Discussion; References; Chapter 10: Short Scale Phase Separation of Polarons; Introduction; Single Polaron in the Adiabatic Approximation; Ordering of Charged Polarons: Lattice Gas Model; Coulomb Frustrated First Order Phase Transition; Conclusion.