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History of Superconductivity: Conventional, High-Transition Temperature and Novel Superconductors

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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.

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Bennemann, K.H., Ketterson, J.B. (2008). History of Superconductivity: Conventional, High-Transition Temperature and Novel Superconductors. In: Bennemann, K.H., Ketterson, J.B. (eds) Superconductivity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73253-2_1

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