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Superconductivity Phenomenon: Fundamentals and Theories

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Since their discovery, superconductor materials have been the subject of extensive studies thanks to their original properties. Such materials are endowed by zero resistance at a low temperature making it possible to conduct the electric current without loss of energy. In addition, magnetic fields are deeply affected in superconductors, they can be canceled completely in the material, or they can be pinned in a so-called mixed zone where both superconducting and normal states co-exist. Thus, thorough knowledge of the phenomena which occur within these materials is very necessary to enlarge their fields of integration. According to BCS theory, the superconductivity phenomenon in low-temperature Superconductors (LTS) originates from the pairing of electrons through phonons. Thus, researchers try to explain superconductivity in HTS materials which helps to improve the performance of applications that use superconductors. Although the LTS materials are exploited intensively in many areas, the problem of cryogenics still faces their industrial emergence. The manipulation of superconductors cooled with liquid nitrogen (77 K) instead of liquid helium (4.2 K) opens up market opportunities for high-temperature superconductivity technology. Works devoted to improving the critical temperature in view of reaching room temperature superconductivity are in permanent progression.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia

    Zayneb Trabelsi

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Essia Hannachi

  3. Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Sarah A. Alotaibi, Yassine Slimani & Munirah A. Almessiere

  4. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Munirah A. Almessiere

  5. Department of Nanomedicine Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulhadi Baykal

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Trabelsi, Z., Hannachi, E., Alotaibi, S.A., Slimani, Y., Almessiere, M.A., Baykal, A. (2022). Superconductivity Phenomenon: Fundamentals and Theories. In: Slimani, Y., Hannachi, E. (eds) Superconducting Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1211-5_1

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