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Oxide Superconductors
Author(s) -
Cava Robert J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01142.x
Subject(s) - superconductivity , context (archaeology) , high temperature superconductivity , cuprate , ceramic , condensed matter physics , materials science , physics , engineering physics , geology , metallurgy , paleontology
This article briefly reviews ceramic superconductors from historical and materials perspectives. It describes the factors that distinguish high‐temperature cuprate superconductors from most electronic ceramics and places them in the context of other families of superconducting materials. Finally, it describes some of the scientific issues presently being actively pursued in the search for the mechanism for high‐temperature superconductivity and the directions of research into new superconducting ceramics in recent years.