Flux-line lattice (FLL) states have been studied using transport measurements and small-
angle neutron scattering in low-T c materials. In Pb-In, the bulk dislocations in the FLL do not …

We explore the statistical properties of grain boundaries in the vortex polycrystalline phase
of type-II superconductors. Treating grain boundaries as arrays of dislocations interacting …

Dislocation assemblies in crystalline substrates are a beautiful example of the broad class of
systems that are governed by the presence of kinematical constraints induced by …

Phase transitions of a flux lattice in layered superconductors with magnetic field
perpendicular to the layers and in presence of disorder are studied. We find that disorder …

Magnetic fields play an essential role in the behaviour of superconducting materials. Beyond
the well known diamagnetic regime obtained for low magnetic inductions (Meissner effect) …

6.1 Longitudinal resistance and the peak effect 58 6.1. 1 Critical temperature 58 6.1. 2 The
peak effect... 59 6.1. 3 An inhomogeneous superconducting phase 61 6.2 Thermal …