Nanoscience and engineering in superconductivity

For emerging energy saving technologies superconducting materials with superior performance are needed. Such materials can be developed by manipulating the'elementary building blocks' through nanostructuring. For superconductivity the 'elementary blocks' are Cooper pair and fluxon (vortex). This book presentsnew ways how to modify superconductivity and vortex matter through nanostructuring and the use of nanoscale magnetic templates. The basic nano-effects, vortex and vortex-antivortex patterns, vortex dynamics, Josephson phenomena, critical currents, and interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism at the nanoscale are discussed. Potential applications of nanostructured superconductors are also presented in the book. Presents nano-effects in superconductivity Discusses nanoengineered pinning centers and nanoscale magnetic templates Presents Vortex ratchets and guided vortex motion Analyzes Nanoscale modulation of high-Tc superconductors Presents interaction between ferromagnetism and superconductivity Features novel vortex and vortex-antivortex patterns Discusses Josephson junctions in various geometries Displays engineering applications of nano-superconductors INDICE: Guided Vortex Motion and Vortex Ratchets in Nanostructured Superconductors.- High-Tc Films: From Natural Defects to Nanostructure Engineering ofVortex Matter.- Ion Irradiation of High-Temperature Superconductors and Its Application for Nanopatterning.- Frontiers Problems of the Josephson Effect: From Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena Decay to High-Tc Superconductivity.- Intrinsic Josephson Tunneling in High-Temperature Superconductors.- Stacked Josephson Junctions.- Point Contact Spectroscopy of Multigap Superconductors.- NanoscaleStructures and Pseudogap in Under-Doped High-Tc Superconductors.- Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of High-Tc Cuprates.- Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy ofVortices with Normal and Superconducting Tips.- Surface Superconductivity Controlled by Electric Field.- Polarity-Dependent Vortex Pinning and Spontaneous Vortex-Antivortex Structures in Superconductor/Ferromagnet Hybrids.- Superconductor/Ferromagnet Hybrids : Bilayers and Spin Switching.- Interplay Between Ferromagnetism and Superconductivity.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-15136-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 380
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés