This review is an up-to-date snapshot of the current situation in studies of materials with
competing electron spectrum instabilities, namely Cooper pairing, on the one hand, and …

Many novel superconducting compounds such as the high Tc oxides are intrinsically
inhomogeneous systems by virtue of the superconductivity being closely related to the …

The observation of a large Nernst signal e N in an extended region above the critical
temperature T c in hole-doped cuprates provides evidence that vortex excitations survive …

The properties of self-localized carriers on a lattice are described at a fairly basic level with
an emphasis on modern developments in the theory of strong-coupling superconductivity …

The Van Hove singularity (VHS) provides a paradigm for the study of the role of peaks in the
density of states (dos) on electronic properties. More importantly, it appears to play a major …

Cooperative properties of self-localized carriers on a lattice are discussed and reviewed at a
fairly basic level with an emphasis on developments of the strong-coupling theory of …

The low-temperature normal-state resistivities of underdoped La 2− x Sr x Cu O 4 crystals
with T c of 20 and 35 K were studied by suppressing the superconductivity with pulsed …

Theory of Superconductivity: From Weak to Strong Coupling leads the reader from basic
principles through detailed derivations and a description of the many interesting phenomena …

There is growing evidence for the complex, intermittent, and heterogeneous character of
plastic flow. Here we report a three-dimensional map** of dislocation avalanches during …

We have determined the upper critical field H c2 as a function of hole concentration in
bismuth-based cuprates by measuring the voltage induced by vortex flow in a driving …