High-Tc copper oxide superconductors and related novel materials : dedicated to Prof. K.A. Müller on the occasion of his 90th birthday /: dedicated to Prof. K.A. Müller on the occasion of his 90th birthday. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Annette Bussmann-Holder, Hugo Keller, Antonio Bianconi, editors.
• Editors: Bussmann-Holder, A (Annette); Keller, Hugo; Bianconi, A (Antonio), 1944-
• Other Names: Müller, K. A (Karl A.) 1927- honouree.
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 537.6/23; 530; Physics; High temperature superconductivity; Copper oxide superconductors; High temperature superconductors; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electricity; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electromagnetism; Copper oxide superconductors; High temperature superconductivity; High temperature superconductors; Physics; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity; Optical and Electronic Materials; Nanochemistry; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials; Spectroscopy and Microscopy; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Science -- Nanostructures; Science -- Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Electronic devices & materials; Nanotechnology; Ceramics & glass technology; Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry; Optical materials; Nanochemistry; Technology & Engineering -- Superconductors & Superconductivity; Semi-conductors & super-conductors; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319526751; 3319526758; 9783319526744
• Related ISBNs: 9783319526744; 331952674X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 4, 2017).
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