Ruthenate and Rutheno-Cuprate Materials: Unconventional Superconductivity, Magnetism and Quantum Phase Transitions

Y. Maeno, H. Yaguchi, K. Deguchi (auth.), C. Noce, A. Vecchione, M. Cuoco, A. Romano (eds.)3540442758, 9783540442752

Ruthenate materials have come into focus recently because of their very interesting magnetic and superconducting properties. From the first international conference on this topic, the present volume has emerged as a first coherent account of the considerable body of work, both theoretical and experimental, gathered in this field within a short time span. The book has been written in the form of a set of lectures and tutorial reviews with the aim of providing the research community with both a comprehensive and modern source of reference and a tutorial introduction for postgraduate students and nonspecialists working in related areas.

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Table of contents :
Toward the Full Determination of the Superconducting Order Parameter of Sr 2 RuO 4 ….Pages 1-14
Magnetic Excitations in 214-Ruthenates….Pages 15-31
Unconventional Superconductivity with Either Multi-component or Multi-band, or with Chirality….Pages 32-45
The Behaviour of a Triplet Superconductor in a Spin Only Magnetic Field….Pages 46-59
Coexistence of Spin-Triplet Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism Induced by the Hund’s Rule Exchange….Pages 60-75
Quasi-particle Spectra of Sr 2 RuO 4 ….Pages 76-90
Normal State Properties of Sr 2 RuO 4 ….Pages 91-107
The Nature of the Superconducting State in Rutheno-Cuprates….Pages 108-117
Coexistence of Superconductivity and Weak-Ferromagnetism in Eu 2−x Ce x RuSr 2 Cu 2 O 10−δ ….Pages 118-141
A Phase Diagram Approach to Superconductivity and Magnetism in Rutheno-Cuprates….Pages 142-159
The Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties of the Layered Ruthenocuprates RuSr 2 GdCu 2 O 8 and Pb 2 Sr 2 Cu 2 RuO 8 Cl….Pages 160-175
Magnetism and Superconductivity in Ru 1−x Sr 2 RECu 2+x O 8−d (RE=Gd, Eu) and RuSr 2 Gd 1−y Ce y Cu 2 O 8 Compounds….Pages 176-193
ESR Studies of the Magnetism in Ru-1212 and Ru-2212….Pages 194-204
Structure and Morphology of NdSr 2 RuCu 2 O y and GdSr 2 RuCu 2 O z ….Pages 205-221
Synthesis Effects on the Magnetic and Superconducting Properties of RuSr 2 GdCu 2 O 8 ….Pages 222-238
Comparison of Electronic Structure, Magnetic Mechanism, and Symmetry of Pairing in Ruthenates and Cuprates….Pages 239-255
Magnetism, Spin Fluctuations and Superconductivity in Perovskite Ruthenates….Pages 256-270
Metamagnetic Quantum Criticality in Sr 3 Ru 2 O 7 ….Pages 271-289
Metamagnetic Transition and Low-Energy Spin Density Fluctuations in Sr 3 Ru 2 O 7 ….Pages 290-302
Decrease of Ferromagnetic Transition Temperature in Nonstoichiometric SrRu 1−v O 3 Perovskites….Pages 303-311
Strain Effects in SrRuO 3 Thin Films and Heterostructures….Pages 312-324