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Layered Superconductors in Oriented Magnetic Field. Probing the Superconducting State with Thermal Conductivity

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Molecular Low Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Applications

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Abstract

Superconductivity with unconventional pairing interaction emerged as one of very hot topics in the 90’s after convincing phase-sensitive experiments showing d-wave pairing in the cuprate high-Tc superconductors [1]. It was soon recognized that the presence of points on the Fermi surface, on which the order parameter is changing sign and as a consequence the supercon- ducting gap is vanishing (so called nodes of the superconducting gap) is determining the thermodynamic and transport properties within the su- perconducting state.

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Tanatar, M.A. (2002). Layered Superconductors in Oriented Magnetic Field. Probing the Superconducting State with Thermal Conductivity. In: Graja, A., Bułka, B.R., Kajzar, F. (eds) Molecular Low Dimensional and Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Applications. NATO Science Series, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0349-0_22

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