Description
This book presents an overview of the science of superconducting materials. It covers the fundamentals and theories of superconductivity. Subjects of special interest involving mechanisms of high temperature superconductors, tunneling, transport properties, magnetic properties, critical states, vortex dynamics, etc. are present in the book. It assists as a fundamental resource on the developed methodologies and techniques involved in the synthesis, processing, and characterization of superconducting materials. The book covers numerous classes of superconducting materials including fullerenes, borides, pnictides or iron-based chalcogen superconductors ides, alloys and cuprate oxides. Their crystal structures and properties are described. Thereafter, the book focuses on the progress of the applications of superconducting materials into superconducting magnets, fusion reactors, and accelerators and other superconducting magnets. The applications also cover recent progress in superconducting wires, power generators, powerful energy storage devices, sensitive magnetometers, RF and microwave filters, fast fault current limiters, fast digital circuits, transport vehicles, and medical applications. A. Science of Superconductivity 1. Superconductivity Phenomenon: Fundamentals and Theories 2. Transport Properties of Superconducting Materials 3. Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Materials 4. Thermodynamic Properties of Superconducting Materials 5. Mechanical Properties of Superconducting Materials 6. Type I and Type II Superconductivity 7. Classical Superconductors: Materials, Structures and Properties 8. High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors: Materials, Structures and Properties 9. Noncuprate Superconductors: Materials, Structures and Properties 10. Design of Cuprate HTS Superconductors B. Applications 11. Fabrication Technologies of Superconducting Cables and Wires 12. Progress in Thin Films HTS Development and Their Applications 13. Synthesis and Applications of Superconducting Magnets 14. Progress in Superconducting Materials for Powerful Energy Storage Systems 15. Prospects of Superconducting Magnets Technologies in the Medical Field 16. Development Status of Superconducting Transport Vehicles 17. Rotating Machines Based on Superconducting Materials 18. Josephson Junctions and Their Potential Applications 19. Advanced Superconducting Materials Towards Electronic Devices 20. RF and Microwave Applications of High Temperature Superconductors
