Abstract
A brief outline of the history of superconductivity since the discovery by Kamerlingh-Onnes in 1911 is given. The main discoveries and results are discussed including recent ones as High Transition Temperature Super- conductivity , Organic Superconductors, Heavy-Fermion Superconductors and Superconductivity in Nanostructures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Superconductivity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Conventional and Unconventional Superconductors |
| Editors | K H Bennemann, John B Ktterson |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Pages | 3-26 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-540-73252-5, 978-3-540-73253-2 |
| State | Published - 2008 |