Physics of Transition Metal Oxides

2004
ISBN: 978-3-540-21293-5
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1490 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

The fact that magnetite (Fe304) was already known in the Greek era as a peculiar mineral is indicative of the long history of transition metal oxides as useful materials. The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in 1986 has renewed interest in transition metal oxides. High-temperature su perconductors are all cuprates. Why is it? To answer to this question, we must understand the electronic states in the cuprates. Transition metal oxides are also familiar as magnets. They might be found stuck on the door of your kitchen refrigerator. Magnetic materials are valuable not only as magnets but as electronics materials. Manganites have received special attention recently because of their extremely large magnetoresistance, an effect so large that it is called colossal magnetoresistance (CMR). What is the difference between high-temperature superconducting cuprates and CMR manganites? Elements with incomplete d shells in the periodic table are called tran sition elements. Among them, the following eight elements with the atomic numbers from 22 to 29, i. e., Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu are the most im portant. These elements make compounds with oxygen and present a variety of properties. High-temperature superconductivity and CMR are examples. Most of the textbooks on magnetism discuss the magnetic properties of transition metal oxides. However, when one studies magnetism using tradi tional textbooks, one finds that the transport properties are not introduced in the initial stages.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maekawa, Sadamichi

Tohyama, Takami

Khaliullin, Giniyat

Barnes, Stewart Edward

Ishihara, Sumio

Koshibae, Wataru

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Keramik, Glas, Sonstige Werkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Halb- und Supraleitertechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Metallische Werkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Anorganische Chemie Festkörperchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Cuprates.- 3. Theory of Superconductivity.- 4. Manganites.- 5. Titanates and Vanadates.- 6. Cobaltates.- 7. Quantum Effects in Orbitally Degenerate Systems.- Appendices.- D.1 Seebeck Effect.- D.2 Peltier Effect.- D.3 Thomson Effect.- D.4 The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and Thermoelectric Response in Solids: Thomson’s Considerations.- D.5 The Third Law of Thermodynamics and Thermoelectric Response in Solids.- References for Appendices.