Crystal Chemistry of High-Tc Superconducting Copper Oxides (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

'1. Introduction: Superconductivity in Oxides Before 1986.- 2. Phases of the Systems A-La-Ca-Cu-O and A-Y-Ca-Cu-O (A = Ca, Sr, Ba): Structural Aspects.- 2.1 Copper Chemistry in Oxides: Oxidation States and Coordination.- 2.2 The Ternary Systems La-Cu-O and A-Cu-O (A = Ca,Sr,Ba).- 2.3 The Pseudoternary Systems A-La-Cu-O (A = Ca,Sr,Ba).- 2.3.1 Phases with Oxygen-Deficient Perovskite Structures.- a) BaLa4Cu5O13+?.- b) La8?xSrxCu8O20.- c) La3Ba3Cu6O14 and LaBa2Cu3O7??.- 2.3.2 The Intergrowths Between Perovskite and Rock-Salt-Type Structures.- a) The Oxides La2?xAxCuO4?x/2+?.- b) The Oxides La2?xA1+xCu2O6?x/2+?.- c) La4?2xBa2+2xCu2?xO10?2x.- 2.4 The Pseudoternary System Y-Ba-Cu-O.- 2.4.1 The Orthorhombic 92K Superconductor YBa2Cu3O7??.- 2.4.2 The Tetragonal Phases YBa2Cu3O7??.- 2.4.3 Problems of Microtwinning in the Orthorhombic YBa2Cu3O7??.- 2.4.4 The "Green Phase" Y2BaCuO5.- 2.4.5 Other Phases of the System Y-Ba-Cu-O.- 2.5 The Systems Ln-Sr-Cu-O (Ln ? La).- 3. Electron Transport Properties Connected with Oxygen Nonstoichiometry.- 3.1 Electron Transport Properties in Cuprates Related to the Perovskite: General Considerations.- 3.2 Oxides with the K2NiF4-Type Structure.- 3.2.1 La2CuO4.- a) "Normal" Properties.- b) Superconducting Properties.- 3.2.2 The Oxides La2?xAxCuO4?x/2+? (A = Ba, Ca, Sr).- a) Electron Transport Properties Above 77 K.- b) Superconducting Properties.- 3.2.3 Substitutions for Lanthanum in the Superconducting Oxide La1.8Sr0.2CuO4?y.- a) Rare-Earth Substitutions.- b) Bismuth Substitution.- 3.2.4 Other Cuprates with the K2NiF4 Structure.- 3.3 Oxides with the Oxygen-Deficient Sr3Ti2O7-Type Structure.- 3.3.1 The Oxides La2?xA1+xCu2O6?x/2+? (A = Sr, Ca).- 3.3.2 The Oxides Ln2?xSr1+xCu2O6?x/2.- a) Ln = Pr, Nd; x = 0.14.- b) Ln = Eu, Sm, Gd; x = 0.9.- 3.4 Oxides with the Oxygen-Deficient Perovskite Structure.- 3.4.1 Nonsuperconducting Oxides.- a) LaCuO3.- b) BaLa4Cu5O13+? and La8?xSrxCu8O20??.- c) Ba3La3Cu6O14+?.- 3.4.2 Superconducting Oxides: Properties of YBa2Cu3O7??.- a) The "Stoichiometric" Oxide.- b) Influence of the Oxygen Nonstoichiometry.- c) Substitution for Yttrium and Barium.- 4. Substitutions in La2CuO4-Type and YBa2Cu3O7-Type Superconductors.- 4.1 Substitution on the Rare-Earth Sites.- 4.1.1 La2CuO4-Type Oxides.- 4.1.2 YBa2Cu3O7-Type Oxides.- 4.2 Substitution on the Copper Sites.- 4.2.1 La2CuO4-Type Oxides.- 4.2.2 YBa2Cu3O7-Type Oxides.- a) Nickel Substitution.- b) Iron Substitution.- c) Other Transition Element Substitutions.- d) Other Substitutions.- 4.3 Substitutions on Other Sites.- 4.3.1 Substitution for Barium.- 4.3.2 Fluorination of YBa2Cu3O7??.- 5. Bismuth, Thallium and Lead Superconducting Cuprates.- 5.1 Bismuth Alkaline-Earth Superconducting Cuprates.- 5.2 Thallium Alkaline-Earth Superconducting Cuprates.- 5.3 Lead Alkaline-Earth Superconducting Cuprates.- 5.4 Layered Cuprates Involving Double Fluorite-Type Layers.- 5.5 Structural Relationships.- 6. Extended Defects in Superconducting Oxides: High-Resolution Electron Microscopy.- 6.1 YBa2Cu3O7-Type Superconductors: Ordering in the Perovskite Framework.- 6.1.1 YBa2Cu3O7??.- a) HREM Images.- b) 92 K Orthorhombic Superconductor (0???0.1).- c) Order-Disorder Phenomena: The 60 K Superconductor YBa2Cu3O7?? (0.37???0.45).- d) Nonsuperconducting Tetragonal Phases YBa2Cu3O7??.- e) Ordering of Oxygen Vacancies: Concluding Remarks.- 6.1.2 La Ba3?xCu3O14+y Phases.- a) LaBa2Cu3O7??.- b) La3Ba3Cu6O14+y.- 6.2 Nature and Ordering of the Stacked Layers: Intergrowth Mechanisms.- 6.2.1 Structural Considerations for HREM Studies.- 6.2.2 The Bismuth Family.- 6.2.3 Thallium Families: The Classical Defects.- a) Perovskite Layers.- b) Rock-Salt-Type Layers.- 6.2.4 The Nonsuperconducting TlBa2NdCu2O7: A New Mechanism.- a) Classical Deffects.- b) Variations in the Fluorite-Type Layers.- 6.2.5 Lead Oxides.- 6.2.6 The Rare Earth Oxides.- 6.3 Layer Interconnections.- 6.4 Extra S