SUBJECT INDEX

Activation energy to inhibit flux motion, Bi-layer hydrate phase (of 1027–1029 oxide), 656–663

Alkaline cobaltite (AxCoO2), 683 – Magnetic susceptibility, 657, 667

Alternative preparation routes for MgB2, – Raman spectroscopy, 660, 662 1056 – Resistivity, 657 Amorphous disorder and superconductivity – Specific heat under various fields, 667 in simple metals, 500–503 – XRD, 657, 663 Amorphous disorder and superconductivity Borides and borocarbides, 46–48 in transition metals, alloys and Borocarbide superconductors, 4 metallic glasses, 503–506 Buffer layer in the processing of coated Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy conductors, 774–776 (ARPES), 654 Bulk HTS and applications, 885–911

Anomaly (magnetic) at 22K for NaxCoO2, 691 C molecule and lattice models, 235–237 Applications of bulk HTS, 876–878 60 – C molecules, 235–236 – Levitation, 876–878 60 – Model for C solid, 236–237 –, – Fly-wheel energy storage, 878 60 C solid doped with alkali metals, 3 –, – Magnetic bearings, 877–878 60 – Trapped field magnets, 878–882 Calculation of series, 452–454 –, – Experimental magnet system, 878–879 Ce-based HF superconductors, 120–149 –, – Magnetic separation device, 879–880 – A-phase and electronic structure of CeCu Si , 125–126 –, – Magnetron sputtering device, 880–882 2 2 –, – Motors, 881 – Coexistence of superconductivity and Applications of superconductors, 4–6 A-phase in CeCu2Si2, 129–134 Atomic layer controlled thin film deposition – High pressure mixed-valent phase of HTS cuprates, 913–936 transition, 126–127 Auger spectroscopy, 232 – Non-fermi liquid state and quantum critical behaviour, 129 – Quantum critical behaviour and

superconductivity in CeCu2Si2 and

Basic parameters for practical alloy series CeCu2(Si1–xGex)2, 122–123 superconductors, 621 – Quantum critical points and the B-T BCS theory, 2, 184, 500, 505 phase diagram, 123–125 – McMillan’s extension of, 500 – the almost ideal NFL compound

Bean-Livingston type (surface) energy CeNi2Ge2, 123 barrier for vortices, 427 – Superconductivity and quantum criticality

Bi-based superconducting cuprates, under pressure in CePd2Si2 and

739–764 CeRh2Si2, 135–139 1094

– Unconventional superconductivity and – Amorphous disorder, 508 the two QCPs, 127–129 – Crystalline, 506–508

Change in c-parameter of MgB2 with SiO2 Crystalline disorder in high Tc cuprates, addition, 637 508–550 Charge/carrier distribution, 278–285 Crystal structure and occurrence of – Bi-2212, 281–284 Rutheno-cuprates, 369–370 α β γ – Bi-2223, 284–285 Crystal structure of , and NaxCoO2,

– Cu 1212: CuBa2RCu2O6.93, 279–280 652

– (Cu, Mo)1232: (Cu0.75Mo0.25)Sr2 Crystal structure of A-15 compounds, 507

(Ce0.67 R0.33)3Cu2O11+δ, 280–281 Crystal structure of MgB2, 942–944 – XANES spectroscopy, 278–279 Crystal structure of sodium cobalt oxide, Charge reservoir blocks, 589 before and after water intercalation, Chemical design of oxide 655 superconductors, 255–294 Crystal structure of Tl-1223, 836 Chronology of Tc, 937 Crystal structure of YBCO, 509

Close packing model of perovskite ABX3, 837

Coated conductors of REBa2Cu3O7, 765–831 Debye-Waller factor, 503 Cobalt oxide hydrate superconductor, de Haas van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations in

651–681 LuNi2B2C, 400 – Intercalation chemistry of, 652–653 Depairing critical current density, 620 – Physical properties of, 653–655 Dependence of critical field on nuclear Coherence length, 4 magnetization in nuclear paramagnets, Collver and Hammond’s systematics, 91–97 503–504 – Al, 92–93

Comparative superconducting properties of – Au-Al2, 92

pure and substituted Tl-1223, 855–858 – AuIn2, 94 Conduction blocks, 589 – In, 94–96 – Rh, 96–97 Critical current density of MgB2, 1011–1047 – Sn, 94 – TiH2+y as a future candidate, 97 Critical current properties of MgB2 thin films, 967–968 Deposition techniques for MgB2, Critical temperature for ternary Nb-based 1076–1078 alloys, 702–703 – Ex-situ high temperature annealing in Mg Cryomagnetic stabilization of vapor, 1076 Ag/YBCO/buffer/Ni based coated – In-situ deposition under high Mg conductor, 820–822 pressure, 1077–1078 Difficulties encountered in depositing MgB2 Crystal and electronic structure of MgB2, 939–946 thin films, 1074–1076 – Crystal structure of boride compounds, – Low sticking coefficient of Mg, 1075 939–942 – Requirement of high Mg vapor pressure, Crystal characteristics of some Tl-1223 1074–1075 phases, 857 – Susceptibility to contamination, Crystalline and amorphous disorders, 499 1075–1076 – In A-15 compounds, 506–508 Disordered superconductors, 499–454 1095

Distribution of superconducting elements in Experimental findings in superconducting periodic table, 2 fullerides, 234–235 Doping in cuprates, 301–306 Experimental methods at micro-kelvin – Control of doping state, 301–302 temperatures, 73–75 – Doping phase diagram, 302–303 – Measuring the doping level, 303–306 Doping effects of Jc properties of MgB Fault current limiter (FCL), 1050 2, Fermi surface of Na CoO , 653 967–968, 970–971 0.5 2 – Doping at B-site, 969–970 Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), 350 – Doping at Mg site, 969 Field cooled magnetic susceptibility, 334 – Effective pinning sites in MgB , 968–969 Field emission gun transmission electron 2 microscope (FEGTEM), 630 DTA characterization of MgB2 /Fe wire, 1052 Field independent lattice melting Dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), 238, temperature, 643 239 Fine-structure and superconductivity, 286–287 Fission irradiation methods for Jc Effect of porous microstructure on Jc enhancement, 565–570

characteristics of in-situ MgB2 bulk, Flux creep, 644 966–967 Flux pinning force, 620

Effect of substitution and addition on MgB2 Flux pinning induced by composition properties, 1014–1027 fluctuations in over-doped Cu-rich – Carbon doping, 1014–1015 BSCCO single crystals, 639–646 – Metal- element doping, 1026 FM dot on SC film 433–438 – Nano-SiC doping, 1017–1025 FM-SC bilayers, 438–448 – Oxide and other compound doping, 1026 – Continuum regime, 439–444 – SiC and silicide doping, 1025 – Discrete regime, 444 Effective electron-electron interaction, 232 Four phased of NaxCoO2, 684 Electronic structure of cuprates, 300–301 Fp-h curves at 77K for YBCO with Electronic structure of MgB2, 944–946 nanoparticles, 628 Electron irradiation, 556 Fullerenes, 3 Electron-phonon coupling, 234 Future prospects in bulk HTS applications,

Electron-phonon coupling in MgB2, 882 953–958 – Calculated phonon modes, 953 – dHvA effect, 954–955 Gamma ray irradiation for Jc enhancement, – Inelastic neutron scattering, 956–957 555–556 – Inelastic X-ray scattering, 956–957 Gap coefficient, 501 – Isotope effect, 953–954 General features of crystal structure of – Raman spectroscopy, 955 Bi-based cuprates, 741–744 Electron phonon interaction strength, 501 Growth of BSCCO single crystals, 744–749 – Growth of Bi 2201, 745 Energy parameters for C60 solid system, 233 EPMA, 685 – Growth of Bi 2212, 745–746 ESR (EPR), 350 – Growth of Bi 2223, 746–747 Evolution of organic superconductivity, – Growth of (Bi, Pb) 2223 by VA-TSFZ 183–186 technique, 747–750

Excitonic mechanism of superconductivity, Hc2 (upper critical field), 4, 5

184 Hc2(T) for YNi2B2C, 410 1096

Heat capacity of borocarbides, 403 Impurity phase Co3O4 in single crystals of Heavy substitutional disorder, 295 sodium cobalt oxide, 685

Heterogeneous magnetic superconducting Inequivalent CuO2 planes, 286 systems (HMSS), 425–457 Influence of YBCO bulk size and shape on High pressure effects on superconductivity, levitation properties, 902–905 459–497 Influence of substrate properties on RE-123 High temperature cuprate superconductors, growth, 917–919 2, 6–32 – Influence of strain on growth, 919 – Basic physics of, 19–29 – Influence of vicinal angle on structural – Metallurgical aspects of, 9–14 defects, 918 – Structural aspects of, 8–9, 11 – Influence of vicinal angle substrates on – Superconductive coupling in, 17–19 the growth mode, 917–918 – Symmetry of superconducting order Integrals of Bessel functions, 449–452 parameter for, 15–16 Interplay between ferromagnetism and – Technical applications of, 30–32 superconductivity, 425 Heavy fermion quaternary borocarbide: Interplay of hyperfine enhanced nuclear

YbNi2B2C, 403–404 magnetism and superconductivity, Heavy fermion (HF) superconductors, 3, 98–104 35–38 Interplay of magnetism and – Ce-based, 39 superconductivity, 365 – Rare-earth skutterudites, 43–44 Interplay of van Vleck paramagnetism and – U-based, 40–42 superconductivity in Pr1–xLaxTe, 98 HMSS theory, 427–433 Ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD), – Finite systems, 433 800–801 – Periodic systems, 432–433 Ion irradiation for Jc enhancement, – Two dimensional textures and vortices, 558–560 429–432 – High energy ions, 561–565 – Three dimensional systems, 428–429 – Low energy ions, 560–561 HTS bulk synthesis, 886–888 Irradiation of HTS for enhancement of Jc, HTS maglev measurement system, 891–894 555–588 HTS maglev test vehicle, 905–910 Isotope effect, 234 – Guidance force of HTS maglev vehicle, 906–908 – Levitation force of HTS vehicle, 905–906 – Long term stability of HTS maglev Jahn Teller coupling, 237, 240 vehicle, 908–910 Jahn-Teller phonons, 236, 240 Hyperfine enhanced nuclear magnetism, 73, Jc enhancement of MgB2 by irradiation, 98–104 1038–1044 – Electrons, 1042 – Heavy ions, 1042–1043 Images of diffraction pattern from the – Neutrons, 1038–1040 vortex lattice in YNi2B2C under – Protons, 1040–1041 magnetic field, 407 – U/n method, 1043 Impact 0f hyperfine enhanced nuclear Jc-H behaviour, 624, 626, 627, 632, 634, magnetism on superconductivity of 638, 641

Pr0.50La0.50Te, 98–101 Josephson junctions, 5 1097

Knight shift measured in NaxCoO2, 674 MgB2/diamond composite, 631

Material and wire development of MgB2, 1013 Large scale use of superconductivity, 620 Materials aspects and crystal growth of Lindemann number, 643 BSCCO system, 739–764 Liquid phase epitaxy, 808–814 Materials design and process considerations – Hybrid, 812–814 for coated conductors, 766–770 Local pairing via local quantum Materials development and applications of fluctuations, 240–249 bulk RE-Ba-Cu-O superconductors, – Attractive pairing interaction, 241–245 869–883 – Doping dependence of Tc, 247–249 Materials development, 870–876 – Local pairing mechanism, 245–247 – Cryostability, 874–876 Lorentz force, 4 – Mechanical properties, 873–874 LUMO, of C60, 232, 234 – RE-Ba-Cu-O, 871–873 – Y-Ba-Cu-O, 870–871 Magnesium diboride, 4, 48–49 Metal organic chemical vapor deposition Magnetic alignment and thermomagnetic (MOCVD), 834, 858 Metal-organic deposition, 801, 834 growth of (RE)Ba2Cu3O7, 814–820 – Alignment during slow solidification, – for coated conductors, 801 816–819 Metal substrates for coated conductors, – Dynamic magnetic alignment, 819–820 770–774 MgB thin films, 1073–1091 Magnetic field dependence of electronic 2 thermal conductivity of borocarbide M-H hysteresis loops at different sample, 412 temperatures, 623, 640 Magnetic field dependence of Jc, 624 Microscopic superconducting pairing Magnetic guidance force, 900–901 mechanism in HF compounds, Magnetic levitation force, 894–900 149–155 Magnetic levitation of HTS bulk, 888–890 – Magnetic excitation mechanism for superconductivity in U-based HF Magnetic properties of MgB2, 949–952 compounds, 154–155 – Hc1 and Hc2, 951–952 – Magnetic penetration depth, 949–951 – Spin-fluctuation mechanism for cerium- Magnetic quaternary borocarbide based HF compounds, 150–152

superconductors RNi2B2C (R:Tm, Er, – Tc dependence on spectral properties of Ho, Dy), 401–402 spin fluctuations, 152–154 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 5 Microstructural studies of Co-system, Magnetic susceptibility and resistivity 604–616 studies of rutheno-cuprate samples, – Physical properties, 604 331–342 – SAED and HREM, 604–606 Magnetism of rutheno-cuprates, 350–358 – Structural considerations, 606–616 Mass renormalization factor, 237 Microstructure studies of rutheno-cuprate Matthias’ rules, 503 system, 594–604 Mechanical strain vs Jc in Nb-based – CBED and DFEM, 595–604 conductors, 733–735 – Physical properties, 594–595 Meissner effect, 1 – SAED and HREM, 594 Meissner state and spontaneous vortex – Structural considerations, 595–596 phase, 359–360 Migdal approximation 232 1098

Mott insulator transition, 232, 238–240 – NFL anomalies in field and pressure MRI, 697, 700 induced QCPs, 142–143 – Superconducting gap function in CeCoIn , Multigap in MgB2, 958–962 5 – Photoemission spectroscopy, 960–961 143–144

– Specific heat studies, 958–960 – Vortex state and FFLO phase in CeCoIn5, – Tunneling spectroscopy, 961–962 145–146 NiO induced nano pinning-centres in melt textured YBCO, 622–626 NMR, 350 Nano-diamond, 630 Noble metals Cu, Ag and Au; search for Nano-diamond induced flux pinning in superconductivity, 77–83 MgB , 630–635 – Ag, 77 2 – Au, 75–77 Nano-scale defects by 211 addition inmelt – Cu, 77 textured YBCO, 626–629 Nonmagnetic quaternary borocarbides, Nano-SiO induced flux pinning in MgB , 2 2 399–400 635–639 Normalised pinning force vs normalized Nb-Al phase diagram, 728 magnetic field for Nb-based Nb-based conductors, 697–738 conductors, 699 – Critical parameters for, 698–700 Normal permanent magnetic (NPM) – Nb3Al, 728–733 guideway, 890–891 – DTA, 728 Normal state resistivity, striped phase and – TEM of , 730 cationic disorder, 527–550 – XRD of , 729 – Co-doped ErBa2Cu3–x–y ZnxFeyO7–δ, Nb3Al by Jelly Roll process, 728, 731–733 527–537

Nb3Ga, 733 – Y1–xPrxBaSrCu3O7–δ, 544–550

Nb-Sn phase diagram, 704 – Yb1–xPrxBa2Cu3O7–δ, 537–544

Nb3Sn conductors, 703–727 Nuclear ferromagnetism and its interplay

– By bronze process, 706–714 with superconductivity in AuIn2, – By direct electro-chemical reduction of 83–86

oxides, 719–722 – Impact of nuclear FM on SC of AuIn2, – By internal tin process, 714–718 86–90 – By PIT process, 718–719 – Nuclear FM ordering of In nuclei in – Improvement of flux pinning, 722–727 AuIn2, 83–86 – Manufacturing of , 705 Nucleation stage and initial growth, – Texture developed in, 727 914–917 Nb-Ti conductors, 700–702 – Atomic layer stacking, 915 – Price reduction over the years, 700 – Terminating atomic layer of RE 123, 915–916 Neutron irradiation, 556–558 17 Neutron powder diffraction, 350 O NMR, 314–322 – AF fluctuations, 317 New Ce115 and Ce 218 class of HF – Knight shift, 315 superconductors, 139–146 – Phase separation, 321–322 – AF quantum critical points and – Pseudogap, 316–317 superconductivity, 140–142 – – Single-spin fluid, 316 – Basics of the electronic structure, Spin-lattice relaxation, 315–316 139–140 1099

One dimensional organic superconductors, Pancake (shaped) vortices, 621, 640 183–230 Pearl vortex, 448–449 One-D physics, high temperature regime, Peculiarities of the superconducting

192–194 coupling in (TM)2X, 215 – Charge ordering in insulating state of – Pairing symmetry, 215–219

(TMTSF)2X, 195–196 – Superconductivity and nonmagnetic – Dimensionality crossover under pressure, defects, 219–221 199–200 Penetration depth, 4 – Longitudinal vs transverse transport, Phase diagram approach to magnetic 196–198 superconductors, 365–391 – Pseudogap and zero frequency mode, Phase diagram and phase properties, 203–204 366–369 – Symmetry of anions, 204–206 – Multinary systems, 367–368

– (TM)2X compounds with ½ or ¼ filled – Superconducting and magnetic properties, band, 200–204 368–369

– (TMTTF)2PF6 phase diagram, 198–199 Phase equilibria in Sr-Gd-Ru-Cu-O system, Organic and other carbon-based 370–372 superconductors, 3, 44–45 – Pseudoternary subsolidus phase diagram,

Organic superconductivity in (TMTSF)2X, 372–375 186–188 Phase stability of substituted Tl-cuprates, Other oxide superconductors, 33–34 843–855 Over-critical currents in wire with Phonon density of states at fermi surface, ferromagnetic sheathing, 1032–1037 501 and superfluid density, 311–314 Platinum metals Rh, Pd and Pt; search for – Chain-layer superfluid density, 312–313 superconductivity, 77–83 – Irreversibility field, 313–314 – Pd, 78–80 – Uemura relation, 311 – Pt, 81 Oxygen diffusion, 309–311 – Pt powder, 81–83 Oxygen engineering of copper oxide – Rh, 77–78 superconductors, 255–294 Potential of MgB2 for practical applications, Oxygen in high Tc cuprate 963–971 superconductors, 295–329 – Attractive features for applications, Oxygen isotope effect, 322–326 963–964 – Effect of pseudogap, 322–324 – Critical current properties of ex-situ – Site selective isotope effect, 325–326 processed MgB bulk, 964–965 Oxygen ordering, 306–309 2 – Critical current properties of in-situ – CuO chain ordering in Y-123, 306–308 processed MgB bulk, 965–966 – Other ordered phases, 308 2 – Critical current properties of MgB single – Y-247 and (Y, Ca)-123, 308–309 2 Oxygen vacancy disorder in CuO planes, crystals, 964 2 Powder in tube (PIT) route for MgB , 1049, 509–527 2 1055–56 – In substituted ErBa Cu M O δ (M: Fe, 2 3–x x 7– Pr La Cu , a future candidate to study Co, Ni and Ga), 523–524 1–x x 6 interplay of nuclear magnetism and – In substituted R1–xCaxBa2Cu3O7–δ (R:Er, Y, Sm, Nd), 516–523 superconductivity, 102–104

– In substituted Y1–xPrxBa2Cu3O7–δ, 509–515 1100

Preparation and properties of advanced Quantum interference devices, 5 Quantum Monte Carlo technique, 238 MgB2 wires and tapes, 1049–1071 Preparation and properties of Rutheno cuprates, 377–378 – Ru-1222, 377–378 Reaction scheme in the formation of BLH – Ru-1212, 378–384 phase, 661–662

Preparation of MgB2 wires and tapes, REBa2Cu3O7–d on SrTiO3, 919–932 1051–1053 – Experimental settings, 919–920

– Ex-situ route, 1053 – Initial growth of RE-123 on TiO2

– In-situ phase formation, 1051–1053 terminated SrTiO3, 920–926 Pressure dependence of intra- and intergrain Redox tailoring, 277–277 transition temperatures for – Hole doping level, 277 Ru1212/Gd, 345 – Layer-matching and redox characteristics, Pressure effects in HTS, 469–483 274–277 – Increase of Tc to new records under – Ocygen nonstoichiometry, 272–274 Reversible magnetization of Ru-1212, 344 imposed pressure, 469–473 Rolling assisted biaxially textured – Pressure induced redistribution of mobile substrates (RABiTS), 834 oxygen in HTS, 475–483 Rutheno-cuprates; superconducting – Unified phase diagram and the charge ferromagnets, 331–363 transfer model to understand pressure – Crystal structure of Ru-1212 and Ru- effects, 473–475 1222, 334 Pressure effects in LTS, 461–469 – Synthesis of, 333–342 – Nonlinear Tc(P)of thallium and rhenium revealing fermi surface instabilities, 464–465 Sample size dependence of the magnetic – Pressure dependence of Tc in BCS and critical current density in MgB , strong coupling theory, 462–463 2 1029–1032 – Superconductivity and structural Schematic molecular energy levels of an transformation, 466–469 isolated C molecule, 236 Pressure effects in unconventional 60 Schematic picture of alkali doped C60 solid, superconductors, 483–489 232 – Competition of superconducting and SC rf cavities, 5 magnetic orders in superconducting Shannon radii of substituting ions, 843 ferromagnets as revealed by high Sheath materials and composite structure of

pressure experiments, 487–489 monofilamentary conductors of MgB2,

– In MgB2 and isostructural intermetallics, 1053–1055

483–486 Single crystals of NaxCoO2, 683–695 – Pressure control of dimensionality in – Grown using four mirror optical floating zone furnace, 685–689 NaxCoO2–H2O, 486–487 Properties of clean epitaxial HPCVD films – Grown by flux method, 684–685 Sol-gel technique, 802–808, 834 of MgB2, 1078–1080 Properties of carbon doped HPCVD films – Sol-gel synthesis, 802 –, – Aqueous routes, 802 of MgB , 1080–1081 2 –, – Non-aqueous routes, 802–804 1101

– Deposition process, 804–814 Substitution in double Tl-O layered –, – Two dimensional coatings, 804–806 systems, 843–845 –, – Two dimensional patterning and three Substitution in single Tl-O layered systems, dimensional coatings, 806–808 845–848 Spontaneous vortex state, 332 Substrates and hetero-structures with MgB2 SQUID (Magnetometer), 630, 685 thin films, 1080–1081 Stacking manner of charge reservoir blocks – Multilayers of MgB2 without in superconducting copper oxides, othermaterials, 1080–1081 589–618 – Substrates for deposition, 1080 STM/STS of cleaved BSCCO surface, Superconducting anisotropy of 645, 646 borocarbides, 404–415 Strong coulomb correlation effects, 4 – Anisotropy and symmetry of SC gap Strongly correlated electron (SCE) system, function, 409–415 654 – Flux lattice and its structural phase Structural and crystal chemistry aspects of transition, 405–409

TlmBa2Can–1CunOx, 835–842 Superconducting elements in periodic table, Structural categorization of HTS cuprates, 72 256–271 Superconducting gap, 234 – Homologous series of category-A, Superconducting layer in coated 256–265 conductors, 776–799 –, – M-m2(n-1)n:RS phase, 259–260 – Coated conductors for AC applications, –, – M-m2(n-1)n:P phase, 260 792–797 –, –“Zero” 02(n-1)n phase and their water – Current percolation in coated conductors, derivatives, 260–264 783–787 –, –“Zero” 01(n-1)n phase, 264–265 – Grain boundary engineering, 788–790 – Homologous series of category-B, – Intergrain pinning improvement, 791–792 265–269 – Magnetically decoupled multifilamentary –, – Non-superconductive M-12s2 phases, YBCO coated conductors, 797–799 269 – RABiTS, (RE)Ba2Cu3O7 coated –, – Ru-12s2 magneto-superconductors, conductor, 778–782 268–269 Superconducting parameters of amorphous –, – Superconductive M-12s2 phases, simple metals and alloys, 502 267–268 Superconducting properties and vortex –, – Zaro phases, 266–267 phase diagram of Bi-2223, 750–755 – Infinite layer phases, 269–270 – Irreversibility line and critical current, – Other types of layered copper oxides, 271 752–755 Structural chemistry and Tc of Tl-cuprate – Lower critical field, penetration depth and family, 839 anisotropy, 750–751 Structure and materials of quaternary Superconducting properties of wires and borocarbide family, 396–399 tapes of MgB , 1056–1064 Structure and superconducting properties of 2 – Effect of axial strain or bending on Jc, modulation-free (Bi, Pb) Sr Ca 2 2 1060 Cu O δ, 755–759 2 8+ – Multifilamentary wires and tapes, Structure of HTS cuprate series, 296–300 1059–1060 – BSCCO family, 299–300 – Strain effects on Tc, 1056 – YBCO family, 296–299 1102

– Thermal stability, 1062–1064 Technical applications of MgB2 conductors,

– Transport Jc, irreversibility field and Hc2, 1064–1065 1056–1059 TEM, 590 Superconducting properties of substituted – At ultra high voltage of 800 kV, 594 Tl-1212, 847 – Dark field (DFEM), 590 Superconducting quaternary borocarbides, – High resolution (HREM/HRTEM), 590, 393–423 593 – crystal structure of 396 Temperature dependence of DC – discovery of, 394–396 magnetization of Na CoO Superconducting state in (TM) X 0.75 2 2 polycrystalline and single crystals, 691 compounds, 206–215 Thallium based superconducting cuprates, – Superconducting transition, 206–208 833–868 – Superconductivity under pressure, Thallium coated superconductors, 858–860 208–215 Theories for the normal HF state, 111–120 Superconductivity and granularity of – Dual model for U-based systems, rutheno-cuprates, 342–349 113–118 Superconductivity at ultra-low temperatures, 71–108 – Renormalized band theory for the Ce – And its interplay with nuclear magnetism, compounds 111–113 83–108 – The NFL state and its scaling laws, Superconductivity in fullerides, 231–253 118–120 Superconductivity in heavy fermion (HF) Theoretical aspects of Superconductivity of compounds, 109–182 MgB2, 983–1009 – Anisotropy of Hc , 988–994 Superconductivity in MgB2, 937–981 2 – Band structure calculations, 984–985 Superconductivity in two dimensional CoO2 layers, 655–676 – Microwave conductivity, 994–1001 – Chemistry of superconducting sodium – Two gap superconductivity, 985–988 cobalt-oxide hydrate, 655 Thermopower studies of rutheno-cuprate, –, – Characterization of superconducting 341–342

phase, 659–665 The (TM)2X period, 186–221

–, – Soft chemical modification, 655–659 Thin film devices of MgB2, 1081–1082 – Physics of sodium Cobalt Oxide Hydrate, – Degradation of, 1082 666–676 – Josephson junctions and SQUID, –, – Critical fields, 667 1081–1082 –, – Magnetic and electrical properties – Microwave properties, 1082 above Tc, 669–671 (TM) X at high temperature, 192–194 –, – µSR, 672–673 2 Transport properties of MgB2, 946–962 –, – NMR, 674 – Electrical resistivity, 946–947 –, – NQR, 673–674 – Hall effect, 947–948 –, – Phase diagram, 666–667 – Thermoelectric power, 948–949 –, – Pressure effects, 675–676 Two-D vortex lattice melting theory, 643 –, – Pseudogap, 675 Two gap superconductivity of MgB , –, – Specific heat, 667, 671–672 2 1012–1013 Superconductors with nanoscale flux Type-II superconductors, 4, 698 pinning centers, 619–649 1103

U-based HF superconductors, 155–167

– U1–xThxBe13, 156–157 –, – Electronic structure and NFL-like normal state, 157

– UPd2Al3, 159–167 –, – Electronic structure- the dual model, 161–163 –, – Mass enhancement and superconducting pairing due to magnetic excitations, 163–164 –, – Physical properties, 160–161 –, – Symmetry of the superconducting gap function and Eliashberg theory, 165–167 U/n method (irradiation) for Jc increase, 570–579

Upper critical field, Hc2, 666, 668 Upper critical field vs temperature for Nb- based conductors, 698 Uranium-BSCCO interaction, 579

Variety of ground states in (TM)2X series, 188–192

Weak ferromagnetic behaviour of NaxCoO2, 691 Weiss mean field theory, 238

XANES, 350 XRD, 334, 335, 336, 342, 631, 636, 656, 657, 685, 690

Zero field cooled magnetic susceptibility, 334 Zero field NMR (ZFNMR), 350, 351, 352