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 …

Point-contact spectroscopy was originally developed for the determination of the electron–
phonon spectral function in normal metals. However, in the past 20 years it has become an …

An overview of the theory of the upper critical field in dirty two-gap superconductors, with a
particular emphasis on MgB2 is given. We focus here on the maximum Hc2 which may be …

Resonances in the superconducting properties, in a regime of crossover from BCS to mixed
Bose-Fermi superconductivity, are investigated in a two-band superconductor where the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Nb 3 Sn thin films are fabricated by sequential sputtering followed by annealing at 850–
1200° C in vacuum. The effects of the annealing temperature and time on the formation of …

We show that the upper critical field in nanometer-sized Nb particles is governed by the
changes in the effective Ginzburg-Landau coherence length occurring due to two competing …