Advances in Superconducting Films
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 7929
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on superconducting films is continuously fostered by the progress and development of deposition and characterization techniques, making possible the reliable realization of superconducting materials with specific properties. These characteristics are strongly dependent on the deposition methods, fabrication conditions, confinement imposed by the reduced thickness, composition, microstructures, as well as the proper choice of substrates. The control of these parameters makes it possible to tailor the superconducting films’ properties, which, at extremely reduced scales, may be different from the bulk. In addition, one of the challenging issues in the field of superconducting films is to design and explore the coupling between materials with different properties by profiting from the capability to realize heterostructures consisting of very thin layers of different materials (magnetic, semiconducting, organic, etc.) coupled to the superconductor through high-quality contacts. In this way, in order to discover new, rich physics and functionalities, the reciprocal influence of the different phases can be fine-tuned by changing the materials, layer thicknesses, and their configuration and topology.
Single films and hybrids provide platforms for the study of fundamental physics and for engineering novel properties and functionalities as well as consolidating established ones, possibly with a greater technological impact.
The scope of this Special Issue is to present the most recent developments in the field of superconducting films, which may be of interest to both experimentalists and theoreticians working in this field. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Progress in deposition techniques and film characterization;
- Novel materials;
- Unconventional superconductors;
- Thin film hybrids and interfaces;
- Superconductivity at the nanoscale;
- Applications and devices;
- Films and hybrids as platforms for research on fundamental physics.
Dr. Carla Cirillo
Guest Editor
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