Zachary Fisk - Böcker

The discoveries of new superconducting materials, most of them during the last 30 years, have served very much as the context for further developments in theory which continue to the present. In many of these cases, the observations of superconductivity in new materials were completely unexpected and therefore may be regarded as real discoveries. Even the most visible progress, which followed a search using, to some extent, conventional wisdom, was finally rather unexpected - the discovery of high-Tc superconductivity in copper oxides.�This book presents superconductivity in this materials context and displays some of the underlying simplicity in the materials record that provided fuel for the theoretical developments. Not only is the phenomenon deeply interesting, the metallic systems where it plays out are as well, and superconductivity gives a very interesting window from which to view the nature of electrically conducting materials. The level is not advanced, yet allows the� serious reader to access the current developments in the literature. Addresses in detail the exciting developments after 1980. Demonstrates that progress in superconductivity is to a large extent due to progress in materials synthesis and characterization. Gateway to the current developments in the literature.

The purpose of the conference was to bring together experts in research areas of science in which high magnetic fields play an important role, to critically assess the current status of research in these areas, and to discuss promising new directions in science, as well as applications which are at the forefront of these fields.The program consisted of talks given by leading experts presenting overviews and critical assessments of certain areas, including semiconductors, the quantum Hall effect, heavy fermions, superconductivity, organic solids, chemical systems, and the generation and use of high magnetic fields in basic and applied research.

'Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields III / PPHMF III' is the third conference to be sponsored by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), in Tallahassee, Florida. The success of PPHMF I & II, which were held in 1991 and 1995 respectively, encouraged us to once again bring together experts in scientific research areas where high magnetic fields play an important role, to critically assess the current status of research in these areas, and discuss promising new directions in science, as well as applications which are at the forefront of these fields. This conference is perhaps the most important in the area of high magnetic fields.This invaluable volume covers a broad range of materials and phenomena, including semiconductors, magnetic materials, superconductivity, organic solids, the quantum Hall effect, chemical and biological systems and the technological use of high magnetic fields.