Superconductors

Superconductivity remains one of the most dynamic arenas of condensed matter physics. The most promising material for future applications are the cuprates -- the copper oxides, which played so prominent a role in Bednorz and Muller's Nobel Prize-winning research of a decade ago on high-temperature superconductivity. Nevertheless, even though superconductivity is being achieved at higher and higher temperatures, it is still not clear just what makes a material superconducting.This beginning-graduate text doesn't have all the answers, but it goes a long way toward preparing the student to tackle the research that will lead, one day, to those answers. Also, research on the cuprates is telling scientists more and more about the properties of metals.Mackenzie, Andrew P. is the author of 'Superconductors' with ISBN 9780738201771 and ISBN 0738201774.