Iron with a large magnetic moment was widely believed to be harmful to the emergence of
superconductivity because of the competition between the static ordering of electron spins …

The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

Abstract Iron-based superconductors (IBSs), discovered in 2008, formed the second high-T c
superconductor family after cuprate superconductors, and over the past decade have been …

In this paper we report basic properties of iron-based superconductors and review the latest
achievements in the fabrication of conductors based on these materials. We compare state …

Fe-based superconductors bridge a gap between MgB 2 and the cuprate high temperature
superconductors as they exhibit multiband character and transition temperatures up to …

The discovery of Fe-based superconductors (FBS) as the second class of high-temperature
superconducting transition (high-T c) materials after the cuprates generated a significant …

The discovery of high-T c superconductivity in Fe-based superconductors pioneered by
Kamihara et al (2008 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 3296–7) has triggered worldwide research …

The current-carrying capacity of type-II superconductors is decisively determined by how
well material defect structures can immobilize vortex lines. In order to gain deeper insights …

Significant progress has been achieved in fabricating high-quality bulk and thin-film iron-
based superconductors. In particular, artificial layered pnictide superlattices, offer the …

Since the discovery of high-T c cuprates, the quest for new superconductors has shifted
toward more anisotropic, strongly correlated materials with lower carrier densities and …