Original scientific paper
Properties of high-Tc cuprates: some recent results and open questions
Ivana Vobornik
; Department of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, IPA - EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Davor Pavuna
; Department of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, IPA - EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract
Thirteen years ago, late in 1986, several groups confirmed striking claims of the famous paper by Bednorz and Müller [Z Phys. B 64 (1986) 189] that announced the discovery of high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates. Some 60,000 papers later, we are still struggling to understand the high-Tc oxide superconductivity. Here we present some of the most relevant recent experiments and discuss some open questions across rather complex electronic phase diagram; we also note an important role of un-intentional and intentional disorder in these layered, high-Tc oxides.
Keywords
superconductivity; high-Tc cuprates
Hrčak ID:
301015
URI
Publication date:
3.10.1999.
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