A materials science guide to superconductors and how to make them super /

Superconductors capture the imagination with seemingly magical properties that allow them to carry electricity without losing any energy. This book tells how superconductors are designed and engineered on the nanoscale. It introduces what materials science is all about and why advanced materials hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Speller, Susannah (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Superconductors. Supraconducteurs. superconductor. Applied Sciences. SCIENCE. Nanoscience. Superconductors & Superconductivity. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING. Superconductors Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1 Meet the Family
2 Miraculous Magnets
3 Energy Essentials and Superconducting States
4 Levitation Magic
5 NbTi: The Wonderful Workhorse
6 Quirky Quantum Effects
7 Grain Boundaries: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
8 Battles with Brittleness
9 High Temperature Heroics
10 A Super Future?