Thermal behaviour of superconducting

The idea that new phenomena could be present in 3He at very low temperatures arose from thermal measurements. The first observation was the anomaly in the specific heat at the normal superfluid transition which reminded the behaviour of specific heat at the superconductive transition in metals (Fig. 2.11) [34-36]. 

The topics appearing in the book range from new synthesis routes to physical-chemical characterizations. They address important properties of these materials, including morphology, structure, thermal stability, superconductivity, magnetism, spectroscopic and optical behaviour. Detailed ab initio investigations and simulations provide a comparison with experimental results, and potential applications of the final products are also proposed. 

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