This review focuses on the superconducting properties of MgB 2 that are relevant for power
applications. The reversible mixed state parameters are the most important, since they …

Superconducting magnets have a variety of industrial, medical and research applications.
This review discusses the prospects for MgB 2 superconductor for practical magnet …

We studied the influence of the disorder introduced in polycrystalline Mg B 2 samples by
neutron irradiation. To circumvent self-shielding effects due to the strong interaction between …

This book presents the anisotropy and multiband effects in newly discovered unconventional
superconductors: cuprate superconductors, borocarbides, magnezium-diboride and …

Designing new, technologically relevant superconductors has long been at the forefront of
solid-state physics and chemistry research. However, developing efficient approaches for …

We report specific heat measurements on neutron-irradiated MgB 2 samples, for which the
critical temperature is lowered to 8.7 K, but the superconducting transition remains extremely …

A comprehensive study of superconductor-constriction-superconductor contacts, obtained
using the “break-junction” technique in layered superconductors. Depending on the …

Single crystals of MgB2, with a size up to 1.5× 1× 0.1 mm3 and with a weight up to 230μg,
have been grown from flux with a high-pressure cubic anvil technique. Investigations of the …

We observed a large decrease in T c by no more than 3 at.% of Zn doped into the T c-
optimized superconductor LaFeAsO 0.85 (T c= 26 K), confirmed by measurements of …

Over the past 14 years MgB 2 has gone from a startling discovery to a promising, applied
superconductor. In this article we present a brief overview of the synthesis and the basic …