Moshchalkov V., Wordenweber R., Lang W. (Eds.) Nanoscience and Engineering in Superconductivity

Springer, 2010. — 415 p.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 presents new 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.Guided Vortex Motion and Vortex Ratchets in Nanostructured Superconductors
High-Tc Films: From Natural Defects to Nanostructure Engineering of Vortex 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
Nanoscale structures and pseudogap in under-doped high-Tc superconductors
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of high Tc cuprates
Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy of vortices 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