Focus on Superconductivity

Contents: Preface; Two Band Superconductivity in MgB2: Basic Anisotropic Properties and Phase Diagram; Detection of the Vortex Dynamic Regimes in MgB2 by Third Harmonic AC Susceptibility Measurements; Possibilities of MgB2/ Cu Wires Fabricated by the in-situ Reaction Technique; Correlation of T c with Crystal Chemical Parameters in High-T c Cuprates, Diborides and Borocarbides: Concept of Arrangement and Function of Layered Superconductors; Superconductivity in and Microstructure of Well-shaped Single-Crystalline MgB2; Transport in High Temperature Superconductors in Close Vicinity of the Critical Temperature; Detection of the Vortex Dynamic Regimes in MgB2 by Third Harmonic AC Susceptibility Measurements; Interaction of Superconductor with Magnetic Sheath as a Way for Improvement of Critical Current in MgB2/ Fe Superconductor; Effect of Mg Impurity on the Magnetotransport Properties of the MgB3 Superconductor; Electroplating of the Superconductive Boride MgB2 from Molten Salts; Index.