Superconductors: Properties, Technology, and Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 2183
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High-temperature superconductivity could revolutionize technologies ranging from magnetically levitated trains to power transmission for renewable energy. However, to achieve such practical applications, one needs superconductors that can work above the room temperature (~300 K) to reduce the cost. So far, the copper oxide (cuprate) superconductors hold the record for the highest superconducting transition temperature (Tc ~ 133 K) among all superconductors in ambient pressure. Therefore, to obtain room temperature superconductivity, it is crucial to understand the mechanism of the superconductivity in the unconvensional high temperature superconductors. Since 1958, when the BCS theory was developed, it has been known that in low-Tc superconductors, the conducting electrons of the material are bound together in “Cooper pairs”, a lower energy state that permits electrical conduction with no resistance. The binding of the Cooper pairs is caused by a coupling between the electrons and the thermal vibrations of the atoms themselves, a complex many-body quantum effect called the electron–phonon interaction. However, the electron–phonon scattering mechanism cannot explain the Cooper pairing found in unconventional superconductors. The question is: what is the pairing mechanism in high-Tc superconductors? Therefore, understanding the mechanism of all superconductors remains one of the most important topics in condensed matter physics.This Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers review articles that focus on the properties and technical applications of superconductors.
Dr. Tarapada Sarkar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- superconductor
- electrical transport
- thermal transport
- thin films
