By covering theory design and fabrication of nanostructured superconducting materials this
monograph is an invaluable resource for research and development. Examples are energy saving
solutions healthcare and communication technologies. Key ingredients are nanopatterned
materials which help to improve the superconducting critical parameters and performance of
superconducting devices and lead to novel functionalities. ContentsTutorial on nanostructured
superconductorsImaging vortices in superconductors: from the atomic scale to macroscopic
distancesProbing vortex dynamics on a single vortex level by scanning ac-susceptibility
microscopySTM studies of vortex cores in strongly confined nanoscale superconductorsType-1.5
superconductivityDirect visualization of vortex patterns in superconductors with competing
vortex-vortex interactionsVortex dynamics in nanofabricated chemical solution deposition
high-temperature superconductingfilmsArtificial pinning sites and their applicationsVortices at
microwave frequenciesPhysics and operation of superconducting single-photon devicesJosephson
and charging effect in mesoscopic superconducting devicesNanoSQUIDs: Basics & recent
advancesBi2Sr2CaCu2O8 intrinsic Josephson junction stacks as emitters of terahertz radiation
Interference phenomena in superconductor-ferromagnet hybridsSpin-orbit interactions spin
currents and magnetization dynamics in superconductor ferromagnet hybridsSuperconductor
ferromagnet hybrids
