Title Searching for 2D Superconductivity in La2???xSrxCuO4 Single Crystals Author(s) Kapon, Itzik Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. Description XVII, 63 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note A new experimental method ??? the "Stiffnessometer", is developed to measure elementary properties of a superconductor, including the superconducting stiffness and the critical current. This technique has many advantages over existing methods, such as: the ability to measure these properties while minimally disturbing the system; the ability to measure large penetration depths (comparable to sample size), as necessary when approaching the critical temperature; and the ability to measure critical currents without attaching contacts and heating the sample. The power of this method is demonstrated in a study of the penetration depth of LSCO, where striking evidence is found for two separate critical temperatures for the in-plane and out-of-plane directions. The results in the thesis are novel, important and currently have no theoretical explanation. The stiffnessometer in a tool with great potential to explore new grounds in condensed matter physics. ISBN,Price 9783030230616 Keyword(s) 1. Characterization and Evaluation of Materials 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Electronic materials 5. MATERIALS SCIENCE 6. Measurement Science and Instrumentation 7. Measurement?????? 8. Optical and Electronic Materials 9. OPTICAL MATERIALS 10. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS 11. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity 12. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 13. SUPERCONDUCTORS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08594     On Shelf