Hole-doped cuprate high temperature superconductors have ushered in the modern era of
high temperature superconductivity (HTS) and have continued to be at center stage in the …

Superconductors with exotic physical properties are critical to current and future technology.
In this review, we highlight several important superconducting families and focus on their …

We have previously shown that T c for Bi 2 (Sr, Ca) n+ 1 Cu n O 2n+ 4+ δ (n= 1, 2 and 3)
varies with oxygen stoichiometry δ determined by annealing in a variety of oxygen partial …

Crystals of the three Bi-based cuprates of general formula Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca n− 1 Cu n O y with n=
1, 2, and 3 have been isolated and their structural and physical properties investigated. The …

Electronic-energy-level structures of the layered Cu oxide compounds are drawn within the
ionic model. Correlations between the level separations obtained and the superconducting …

The processing and properties of Ag-sheathed Bi-based superconducting tapes prepared
using the powder-in-tube technique have been reviewed. Powder processing and heat …

Ten years after the discovery of high-Tc superconductivity in the system Bi–Sr–Ca–Cu–O,
the superconducting compounds have been identified, and their structures, crystal …

We derive ab initio low-energy effective Hamiltonians (LEH) for high-temperature
superconducting (SC) copper oxides Bi 2 Sr 2 CuO 6 (Bi2201, N ℓ= 1, T c exp∼ 10 K), Bi 2 …

Phase diagram studies with emphasis on the high temperature superconducting phases
(2212 phase) and (2223 phase) are reviewed in this article. The phase relations of the and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the structural studies performed on
superconducting oxides. It focuses primarily on Y 1 Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7–δ, nicknamed the 123 …