TOPICS

 

A. MATERIALS
A1.Cuprates
  A1-1. La-based, Y-based and other
  Rare Earth-based superconductors
  A1-2. Bi-based, Tl-based and Hg-based superconductors
  A1-3. Other cuprate superconductors
A2.Borides and Borocarbides
  A2-1. MgB
2
  A2-2. Other boride-based materials
  A2-3. Borocarbides
A3.Carbon-based Superconductors
  A3-1. Fullerides, nanotubes
  A3-2. Organic superconductors
  A3-3. Other C-based superconductors
A4.Heavy-fermion
A5.Ruthenates
A6.Low-temperature superconductors
A7.New superconductors

B. MECHANISMS
B1. Theory
  B1-1. Pairing
  B1-2. Electronic structure
  B1-3. Correlated electrons
  B1-4. Phonons
  B1-5. Normal state
  B1-6. Lightly doped Mott insulators
  B1-7. Magnetic correlations and vortex core states
  B1-8. Multiple gap superconductivity
  B1-9. Other theoretical approaches
B2. Order-parameter symmetry
B3. Triplet superconductivity
B4. Superconductivity and magnetism
B5. Superconductor-insulator transition
B6. Pseudo-gap
B7. Structural and Electronic Inhomogeneities
  B7-1. Stripes
  B7-2. Phase separation
  B7-3. Granularity; substitution; alloying
B8. C-axis coherence; low-dimensionality
B9. Vortex Physics
  B9-1. Pinning
  B9-2. Single vortex
  B9-3. Ordered and disordered vortex structures
  B9-4. Dynamics
B10. Tunneling; Josephson media
B11. Andreev reflections; S-N and S-F interfaces

C. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION
C1. Thermal properties
C2. Magnetic properties
C3. Electrical and thermal transport
C4. Acoustic, microwave and optical properties
C5. High pressure effects
C6. Spectroscopy
  C6-1. Neutron scattering
  C6-2. Photoemission; ARPES
  C6-3. X-rays, EXAFS
  C6-4. m-SR
  C6-5. Mössbauer
  C6-6. NMR
  C6-7. Raman
  C6-8. STS
  C6-9. Other spectroscopic methods
C7. Microscopy
  C7-1. SEM; TEM
  C7-2. STM; AFM; SQUID microscopy
  C7-3. Other microscopy

D. SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING
D.1 Bulk Materials
  D1-1. Single-crystals
  D1-2. Melt processing
  D1-3. Ceramics
D2. Thin and thick films; multilayers
D3. Wires, tapes and coated superconductors
D4. Josephson junction arrays
D5. Nanostructured superconductors

E. APPLICATIONS
E1. Josephson devices, SQUID
E2. Superconducting qubits
E3. Magnets; motors; levitation
E4. Wires; cables; current limiters
E5. Other devices and applications