The mainstay of this book is the progress made in the field of Josephson Junction Arrays. Both experimental and theoretical developments are presented in thirteen chapters, written by some of the very eminent and most active researchers in the field. In all, there are 28 contributors to the present volume, from 11 different countries and thus keeping up with the international character of the series.

Visualisation of Shubnikov Phase Using the High Resolution Faraday Effect; Mechanism of microwave Absorption and Flux Distribution in High Temperature Superconductors; Field Penetration and Magnetisation of Hts; Experimental Aspects of Megnetisation Studies in Superconductors; Recent Development of the Critical State Model; Anomalous Magnetisation in Ybacuo Single Crystals; Surface Barrier and Fish Tail; Low Field Magnetic Behaviour of High Temperature Superconductors; Irreversible Part of Magnetisation Due to Flux Pinning; Irreversibility Line in High Temperature Superconductors; Non-Linear...

Contents: Discovery of Superconducting Quaternary Borocarbide System Y-NI-B-C and its Impact on Superconductivity and its Interplay with Magnetism; The Interrelation Between Magnetism and Superconductivity in RNi2B2C (R-Rare Earth); Dependence of Superconductivity and Magnetism on Material Parameters in Quaternary Borocarbides; Properties of RNi2B2C (R-Y, Er) Superconducting Thin Films; Synthesis and Characterisation of the Superconducting Quaternary Intermetallic Compound RNi2B2C -- A Review; Mercury Suprate High-Tc Superconductors: What Do Their Magnetic Properties Reveal?; Synthesis and...

The focus of this volume is the microstructures and related aspects of HTS and thus it forms the sequel (or the Part-II) to the earlier Volume 28 of the book series, which also had the microstructures as its mainstay. The chapters comprising the present volume bring out a host of fresh insights into the growth morphology, defect structures and the structure property relationships in various HTS systems. Closely related to the problem of microstructures is the important issue of the damage mechanics involved in the sample processing, which also forms one of the chapters of this volume. Given...

Main headings: Flux Depinning and Current vs. Voltage Characteristics Near the Glass-Liquid Transition; Equilibrium Properties of the Mixed Phase of High-Tc Superconductors in the Presence of Pinning; Microstructure and Flux Pinning in Melt Processed (Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O Superconductor; Influence of Irradiation-Induced Defects and Chemical Substitutions on the Flux Pinning in Hg-Based Single Crystals and Films; Magnetisation Discontinuities at Melting and Freezing Transitions in YBa2Cu3O7-8; Current-Induced Unbinding of Thermally Created Vortex-Antivortex Pairs in Zero Magnetic Field; Flux...

Contents: Transport AC Losses in Bi-2223 High Tc Multifilamentary Tapes; Numerical Calculation of AC Losses in HTS Wires; AC Loss in Supeconducting Power Cables; Studies of Vortex Localisation by Columnar Defects in High Temperature Superconductors; Superconductivity and Structure in La2-x Mx CuO4, (M: Ba, Sr and Nd, Sr); About the Extended t-J Model and Stripe Phases; Spin Stripe Dimerisation in the t-J Model; Subject Index

This book, describes exciting happenings taking place in the important field of organic superconductors. Also included are chapters on the topical area of striped phases in cuprate superconductors. There is also an interesting chapter on growth of single crystals of quaternary borocarbide superconductors.

This 35th volume of the 'Studies' is devoted to the technologically important BSCCO system. It focuses on a host of topics such as the synthesis and fabrication of conductors, superconducting BSCCO magnets, and the basic technological properties of the material in relation to the microstructure. The authors are distinguished in the field, working in different parts of the world, maintaining the international character of the series.

Contents: Phase Formation and Texture Development in Ag-Sheathed Bi, Pb(2223) Tapes; Microstructural Dynamics in Bi-2223/Ag Tapes; Phase-Relations in System Bi203-PbO-SrO-CaO-CuO; Highly Reactive (Bi, Pb)-2223 Precursor Powder Via Process Tuning; Effect of Flux Creep on Transport Property of Bi-Based Compound; Effect of Gamma Irradiation on BSCCO Superconductor

Contents: Electronic States and Josephson currents in Superconducting Multilayers; Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Vortex Phase Diagram in Layered Type-II Superconductor; Crystal Chemistry and Properties of M2CU2O3)m(CuO2)n Type and Related Cuprates; Oxygen Engineering for Functional Oxide Materials; Essential Chemistry of High TcCuprates Synthesis Through the Solution Precursor Methods; Magnetisation of Organic Superconductors: Influence of Defects.