Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

PART 1 – RESEARCH BIOGRAPHIES

Chapter 1: E. M. Abdelrazek (pp. 3-5)

Chapter 2: Hind I. Abdulgafour (pp. 7-9)

Chapter 3: Alexandre Alexandrov (pp. 11-15)

Chapter 4: Alejandro Cabo (pp. 17-25)

Chapter 5: Orion Ciftja (pp. 27-31)

Chapter 6: Tanmoy Das (pp. 33-37)

Chapter 7: Mokhotjwa Dhlamini (pp. 39-41)

Chapter 8: Gladkov (pp. 43-45)

Chapter 9: A.J. Haija (pp. 47-48)

Chapter 10: Junhua Hao (pp. 49-50)

Chapter 11: Kong Hui (pp. 51-53)

Chapter 12: Shadia J Ikhmayies (pp. 55-58)

Chapter 13: Vladimir Ivanshin (pp. 59-61)

Chapter 14: Ekaterina Kalabukhova (pp. 63-65)

Chapter 15: Cornelius Krellner (pp. 67-69)

Chapter 16: Huan-Chiu Ku (pp. 71-73)

Chapter 17: Petra Laqua (pp. 75-88)

Chapter 18: Seung Joo Lee (pp. 89-92)

Chapter 19: Shidong Liang (pp. 93-94)

Chapter 20: Chia-Jyi Liu (pp. 95-98)

Chapter 21: Chih Wei Luo (pp. 99-102)

Chapter 22: Ragab M. Mahani (pp. 103-105)

Chapter 23: Hiroyuki Oyanagi (pp. 107-110)

Chapter 24: Alexander Panich (pp. 111-115)

Chapter 25: Konstantin Popov (pp. 117-212)

Chapter 26: Jorge Quintanilla (pp. 123-126)

Chapter 27: Asok K. Ray (pp. 127-163)

Chapter 28: A.S.Shalabi (pp. 165-168)

Chapter 29: Nathalie Olivi-Tran (pp. 169-171)

Chapter 30: Aditya M. Vora (pp. 173-191)

Chapter 31: Kunihiko Yamaji (pp. 193-194)

Chapter 32: Arkady Zhukov (pp. 195-207)

PART 2 – RESEARCH SUMMARIES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY

Chapter 33: Flux Pinning and AC loss Studies on YBCO Coated Conductors (pp. 211)

Chapter 34: General Theory of Superconductivity (pp. 213)

Chapter 35: Improvement of Vortex Pinning in MgB2 (pp. 215)

Chapter 36: Magnetism and Superconductivity in Low-Dimensional Systems: Utilization in Future Applications (pp. 217-218)

Chapter 37: Superconducting Intercalated Graphite (pp. 219-220)

Chapter 38: Unconventional Electromagnetics in Carbonaceous Materials (pp. 221-222)

Chapter 39: The Hierarchic Theory of Liquids and Solids: Computerized Applications for Ice, Water and Biosystems (pp. 223-224)

Chapter 40: Phase Transitions Induced by Short Laser Pulses (pp. 225)

Chapter 41: Exchange Biased and Plain Superconducting-Ferromagnetic Layered Hybrids and their Possible Applications (pp. 227-228)

Chapter 42: Transport Phenomena Due to Structural Inhomogeneity in Superconducting Curates Doped with Cations (pp. 229-230)

Chapter 43: Effects of Particle Irradiation on Metallic MgB2 Superconductor (pp. 231)

Chapter 44: The Development of Nanoparticles Doping in Melt-Processed Gd123 Superconductors (pp. 233)

Chapter 45: Coherent Oscillations in Superconducting Cold Fermi Atoms and their Applications (pp. 235)

Chapter 46: A New Approach to the Electron State in Transition Metal Oxides: Covalent ó and ð Bonding between Ions and Two Types of Electrons (pp. 237)

Chapter 47: Vortex Theory of Inhomogeneous Superconductors (pp. 239)

Chapter 48: Synthesis, Structure, Superconducting and Magnetic Properties of RUSR2LNCU2O8-ä and RUSR2(LN,CE)2CU2O10-ä: Structural Aspects (pp. 241)

Chapter 49: High Tc Superconducting Fibers Processed by Conventional and Electrical Assisted Laser Floating Zone (pp. 243-244)

Chapter 50: Spin Glass Behavior on Ruthenocuprates (pp. 245)

Chapter 51: Role of the Vortex Solid Topology in a First-Order Liquid-Solid Phase Transition (pp. 247-248)

Chapter 52: Growth Kinetics of YB:YAL3(BO3)4 and NDAL3(BO3)4 Epitaxial Layers (pp. 249)

Chapter 53: Fluctuation and Gauge Effects on the Critical Behavior of Superconductors (pp. 251)

Chapter 54: EEM: The Exciton Enhancement Mechanism Theory and Experimental Evidence of Optically Enhanced Tc in High Tc Superconductors (pp. 253)

Chapter 55: Spontaneously Broken Symmetry and Inhomogeneous Superconducting States in Ferromagnet/Superconductor Nanostructures (pp. 255-256)

Chapter 56: DDW Order and its Role in Cuprates (pp. 257-258)

Chapter 57: Model of Superconductivity in the Singular Fermi Liquid (pp. 259-260)

Chapter 58: Formation of Structurally Disorderer YBCO under Mild Conditions by the Use of Chemically Activated Reagents (pp. 261)

Chapter 59: Nanoscale Investigations on Melt-Textured and Single-Crystalline (Nd,Eu,Gd)Ba2Cu3OX (“NEG”) High-Tc Superconductors (pp. 263)

Chapter 60: Recent Advances of NMR and NQR Studies of YBA2CU3O7−
and YBA2CU4O8 (pp. 265-266)

Chapter 61: Application of Bulk Superconductors to Synchrotron Radiation Sources (pp. 267-268)

Chapter 62: SQUID Based on YBCO Thin Film for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Materials (pp. 269-270)

Chapter 63: New Applications for Pinning Effect (pp. 271)

Chapter 64: Processing of High-Performance RE-BA-CU-O Bulk Superconductors (pp. 273)

Chapter 65: The Effect of Deformation Temperature on the Microstructure and Texture in YBA2CU3O7-X Ceramics Processed by Torsion under Pressure (pp. 275-

Chapter 66: Embedding Nanoparticles as Flux Pinning Sites into Melt-Textured YBCO Bulks – An EBSD Study (pp. 277)

Chapter 67: Comparative Study of Statistics of Cooper’s Electron Pairs in Low-Temperature Superconductors and Coupled Holes pairs in High Tc Ceramics (pp. 279-280)

Chapter 68: Superconductivity in Highly Correlated Systems (pp. 281)

Chapter 69: Plasmon Exchange Model for Superconductivity in Carbon Nanotubes (pp. 283)

Chapter 70: Thermodynamic Properties of Point Node Superconductors: Borocarbides (pp. 285)

Chapter 71: Compelling Evidence for High-Temperature Superconductivity in Carbon Nanotubes (pp. 287)

Chapter 72: Magnetism and Superconductivity in Quark Matter (pp. 289)

Chapter 73: Superconductivity and Magnetism in RUR2-XCEXSR2CU2O10-Ä (R=EU AND GD) (pp. 291)

Chapter 74: Applications of Extended Critical State Model to High Tc Superconductors (pp. 293)

Chapter 75: Spontaneous Vortex Phase, Pinning and Transport in Hetergeneous Ferromagnetic-Superconducting Systems (pp. 295)

Chapter 76: Scanning SQUID Magnetic Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation: From Micron-Scale Research to Practical Large-Scale Application (pp. 297)

Chapter 77: Chemical and Macroscopic Physical Properties of the Sodium Cobalt Oxyhydrate Superconductor (pp. 299)

Chapter 78: Fabrication and Transport Property of Directionally Solidified RE123 (pp. 301-302)

Chapter 79: A Molecular Dynamics Description of Clusters in Strong Fields (pp. 303)
Chapter 80: Extended Universality in a Statistical Mechanical Model (pp. 305)

Chapter 81: Metal-Insulator Phenomena in 2D: A Unified Scaling Picture (pp. 307)

Chapter 82: Phase Transitions and Hysteresis in a System of Two Coupled Magnetic Nanoparticles (pp. 309)

Chapter 83: Recent Advances in the Electronic and Vibrational Studies of Carbon Nanotubes using Fullerenes as Local Probes (pp. 311)

Chapter 84: Effect of Apical Oxygen Ordering on Tc of Cuprate Superconductors (pp. 313)

Chapter 85: Geometric Effects and Magnetic Phases in Quantum Rings (pp. 315-316)

Chapter 86: Dynamical Simulation of Nuclear “Pasta”: Soft Condensed Matter in Dense Stars (pp. 317)

Chapter 87: The Dynamics of Polymers in Solution with Hydrodynamic Memory (pp. 319-320)

Chapter 88: Formation of Molecules and Entangled Atomic Pairs from Atomic BEC due to Feshbach Resonance (pp. 321)

Chapter 89: Amphiphilic Fluids: Mesoscopic Modelling and Computer Simulations (pp. 323

Chapter 90: Discrete Breathers in Protein Secondary Structure (pp. 325)

Chapter 91: Organic-Inorganic Layered Hybrid Materials (pp. 327)

Chapter 92: Shaping Protein Folding Dynamics with Native State’s Geometry (pp. 329)

Chapter 93: Dynamics of Semirigid Rod Polymers from Experimental Studies (pp. 331-332)
Chapter 94: Soft Polymeric Composites for Electro-Mechanical Applications: Predicting and Designing their Properties by Numerical Simulations (pp. 333-334)

Chapter 95: Elasticities and Stabilities: Lipid Membranes vs. Cell Membranes (pp. 335)

Chapter 96: On the Quantum Nature of Vortex (pp. 337)

Chapter 97: Critical Currents and Vortex Dynamics in Percolative Superconductors Containing Fractal Clusters of a Normal Phase (pp. 339-340)

Chapter 98: Applications of Confined Quantum Field Theory to Condensed Matter Systems: Superconducting Phase Transitions in Films, Wires and Grains (pp. 341)

Chapter 99: Combined Effects of Disorder and Magnetic Field in Superconductors (pp. 343)

Chapter 100: Room Temperature Radiofrequency Electrodynamic Properties of Bulk Lanthanum Manganites (pp. 345)

Chapter 101: Current Instability Investigations of Conduction-Cooled High Temperature Superconducting Composites (pp. 347-348)

Chapter 102: Radiation Shielding Schemes and Advanced Fabrication Techniques for Superconducting Magnets (pp. 349-350)

Chapter 103: Understanding Kinks in Quasi-Particle Energy Dispersion in Photoemission Spectra of High Temperature Superconductors Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ via Dipolon Mediated Electron-Electron Pairing Mechanism (pp. 351-352)

Chapter 104: Analytical Model of Thermal Stresses and Analytical Fracture Mechanics in YBaCuO Superconductor (pp. 353-354)

Chapter 105: Superconducting Fluctuations above Tc in Overdoped BI2SR2CACU2O8+ä (pp. 355)

Chapter 106: Vortex Energy Conditions in Type-II Superconductors: Gibbs-London Approach vs Ginzburg-Landau Theory (pp. 357)

Chapter 107: Progress in Fabrication Techniques for Small-Capacitance Josephson Junctions (pp. 359)

Chapter 108: On the Quantum Nature of Vortex (pp. 361)

Chapter 109: Electric Noise and Local Photon-Induced Nonequilibirum States in a Current-Carrying Nanostructured Superconductors (pp. 363-364)