Rare Earth Transition Metal Borocarbides (Nitrides): Superconducting, Magnetic and Normal State Properties

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Quaternary Borocarbides- Discovery and Overview....Pages 1-20
Introduction to the Structure and Chemistry of the Superconducting Borocarbides and Boronitrides....Pages 21-32
Effects of Local Moment Magnetism on The Superconducting Properties of RNi 2 B 2 C Compounds....Pages 33-44
Comparison of the Borocarbide and Boronitride Superconductors....Pages 45-50
Properties of the RniBC System: A Comparison with RNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 51-62
Electronic Structure of Y and Lu Borocarbides Determined by de Haas—van Alphen Experiments....Pages 63-69
Electronic Structure and Related Properties of Rare Earth Transition Metal Borocarbides -LDA Bandstructure Analysis....Pages 71-82
First Principles Study of Electronic Structure of Rare....Pages 83-88
Specific Heat of Y x Lu 1-x Ni 2 B 2 C in the Mixed State....Pages 89-94
Andreev-Reflection and Point-Contact Spectroscopy of Superconducting Rare Earth Transition Metal Borocarbides....Pages 95-108
Inelastic Light Scattering Studies of Borocarbide Superconductors....Pages 109-114
Electrical, Thermoelectric, and Thermal Transport in Single Crystal Rare-Earth Nickel Borocarbides RNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 115-120
Neutron Studies of Exchange-Coupled Superconductors....Pages 121-130
Crystalline Electric Field and Cluster Effects in Borocarbide Superconductors....Pages 131-136
Crystal Field Effects in Borocarbides Studied by Inelastic Neutron Scattering....Pages 137-154
Metamagnetic Structures of HoNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 155-162
Magnetic Excitations in YbNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 163-169
Anomalous Behavior of Pr-Based Borocarbides: Comparison with Cuprates....Pages 171-180
Magnetoelastic Effects in Rare Earth Nickel Borocarbides....Pages 181-186
Magnetism and Superconductivity in the Rare Earth Nickel Borocarbides....Pages 187-196
The Interrelation Between Magnetism and Superconductivity in RNi 2 B 2 C: The Mössbauer Effect....Pages 197-210
Non-Local Effects in Magnetization and Torque of Quaternary Borocarbides....Pages 211-222
Weak Ferromagnetism in Superconducting ErNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 223-232
Superconductivity and Magnetism in Ruthenocuprates and Borocarbides....Pages 233-242
Influence of Disorder on Superconductivity in Rare-Earth Nickel Borocarbides....Pages 243-254
Magnetic Order and Superconductivity in Ho 1-x Lu(Y) x Ni 2 B 2 C....Pages 255-264
Recent Aspects of Non Stoichiometry Effects on the Superconducting Properties of HoNi 2 B 2 C x (x=0.6 to 1.4)....Pages 265-274
Impurity Scattering in Rare-Earth Nickel Borocarbides....Pages 275-280
Anisotropic Upper Critical Field in Tb x Y 1-x Ni 2 B 2 C Single Crystals....Pages 281-286
Borocarbides: Influence of Magnetic Order on Normal and Superconducting Properties....Pages 287-296
Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in HoNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 297-302
Superconductivity and Magnetism Coexistence in Borocarbides: Some Theoretical Aspects....Pages 303-312
Flux Line Lattice Symmetry Transitions in the Borocarbide Superconductors....Pages 313-322
High Resolution Neutron Diffraction Studies of the Flux- Line Lattice in Borocarbide Superconductors....Pages 323-332
Neutron Scattering Studies of The Flux Line Lattice and Magnetic Ordering in TmNi 2 B 2 C....Pages 333-340
Observation of the Field-Driven Vortex Phase Transition in LuNi 2 B 2 C Single Crystals....Pages 341-346
Vortex Pinning and Dynamics in Magnetic and Non- Magnetic (RE)Ni 2 B 2 C Superconductors....Pages 347-356
Borocarbide Thin Films and Tunneling Measurements....Pages 357-362
Structural and Superconducting Properties of Rni 2 B 2 C Thin Films (R-Y, Ho)....Pages 363-368
C-Axis Oriented, In Plane Textured Borocarbides Thin Films Deposited By Pulsed Laser Deposition: Structure, Surface Morphology and Physical Properties....Pages 369-374
About the Coexistence of Two Phases in The Scni 2 B 2 C Borocarbide....Pages 375-378
Unconventional Superconductivity and Borocarbides....Pages 379-392
Eliashberg Analysis of the Physical Properties of Borocarbides....Pages 393-402
Aspects of Superconductivity in Borocarbides: Theoretical View of the Electronic Structure — A Comparison with Cuprates....Pages 403-412
Future Directions in Quaternary Borocarbide Superconductors....Pages 413-430
Progress in Borocarbide Research....Pages 431-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-445