Recent aspects of high temperature superconductivity

Prof. V.N.Zverev

1. Introduction
      History of HTSC discovery
      The main HTSC and their basic properties
   
2. The factors which determine Tc
3. Structure of highly anisotropic layered superconductors
      Cuprate superconductor family
      MgB2
      Iron Pnictides
      Organic superconductors
   
4. The anomalies of the normal state properties of HTSC
      Temperature dependence of the resistance
      Fermi-surface reconstruction and its relationship with superconducting properties
   
5. Phase-diagrams of HTSC
      Typical phase diagrams for cuprates, organic superconductors and iron pnictides.
      Variation of carrier concentration in HTSC
      Pseudogap features
      Magnetism and superconductivity
   
6. Thermo dynamical properties of HTSC
      Ginsburg-Landau anisotropic model
      Heat capacitance
      Magnetic properties
   
7. Different types of superconducting coupling
   
8. Direct observation of the order parameter anisotropy
   
9. The review of modern theories.