Recent Developments in High Temperature Superconductivity [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 1st Polish-US Conference Held at Wrocław and Duszniki Zdrój, Poland, 11–15 September 1995 / edited by Jan Klamut, Boyd W. Veal, Bogdan M. Dabrowski, Piotr W. Klamut.

Structural features that optimize high temperature superconductivity -- Role of doping, pressure and van Hove singularities on highest Tc materials -- Localized-itinerant electronic transitions in perovskites -- Overview of recent magnetic studies of high T c cuprate parent compounds and related materials -- HgBa2Can?1CunO2n+2+? and Y2Ba4Cu6+nO14+n single crystals: High pressure synthesis and properties -- Tl-based high temperature superconducting cuprates: Structure and properties -- Hydrogen in high-T c superconductors -- The superconductor-insulator transition in the LaSrCuO system -- On the “s” and “d” wave symmetry in high-T c cuprate superconductors -- Properties of infinite-layer and T?-phase electron-doped copper-oxide superconductors -- Magnetically modulated microwave absorption MMMA in investigation of superconductors -- Emerging applications of high temperature superconductors in electric power -- Spin fluctuations and pairing in the cuprate superconductors: A progress report -- Crossover from BCS superconductivity to superfluidity of local pairs -- Electron-phonon interactions in correlated systems -- Voltage-probe-position dependence and magnetic-flux contribution to the measured voltage in ac tansport measurements: Which measuring circuit determines the real losses? -- Superconductivity in doped insulators -- Superconducting properties of the weakly interacting charged boes gas -- Universal properties of multilayer high-temperature superconductors: Transition, temperature and a spatial modulation of the gap -- Driven motion of vortices in superconductors -- Superconducting fraunhofer microscopy the one vortex problem -- The impact of tailored defects on length scales and current conduction in high-Tc superconductors -- Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism in HTSC materials? ?SR and magnetooptical studies.

This book contains rewiev articles presenting the current status of high-temperature superconductivity research. The articles cover synthesis issues, materials properties and most fundamental theoretical problems. Applications of high- temperature superconductors are also reflected in several contributions. The book addresses researchers working in fundamental research in solid-state physics as well as engineers developing new materials for industrial applications.