Characteristic features of the exotic superconductors: Evidence for a common pairing mechanism

Journal Article · Mon Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 1999 · International Journal of Modern Physics B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979299003258· OSTI ID:20015117

Brandow, B

The author reports on a comprehensive examination of the exotic superconductors (the materials so-labelled by Uemura and co-workers), to determine as far as possible the true systematics among their many anomalous features. In the crystal-chemistry aspects as well as in the electronic properties, he finds features which appear to be universal for these materials, and also features which are clearly not universal but which are common enough to be considered typical for these materials. A number of implications are presented. There is strong evidence that all of these materials are sharing some new pairing mechanism, usually in addition to the conventional phonon mechanism.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• OSTI ID: 20015117
• Journal Information: International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 13, Issue 29-31; Conference: Second International Conference of New Theories, Discoveries and Applications of Superconductors and Related Materials (New{sup 3}SC-2), Las Vegas, NV (US), 06/01/1999; Other Information: PBD: 20 Dec 1999; ISSN 0217-9792
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
COUPLING
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
PENETRATION DEPTH
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE