Abstract

The layered perovskite cuprate materials are a unique class of superconductors with unusual normal-state and superconducting properties. The common physics to all these materials is that of the underlying CuO₂ planes. This review provides a survey of and guide to their physical properties as it relates to the superconductivity of this interesting group of conducting oxides. The present statuses on applications of cuprate based high-temperature superconductors have been included. In this paper, all characteristics of cuprate based superconductors depending upon the recent discoveries and applications of those compounds have been included and explained so that a researcher can get a good idea about this field easily. The article gives a summary of the prevailing arguments of researchers to relate the material to cuprates and the comparative features of many families of superconductors.

Keywords Superconductors; Cuprate-based superconductors; Applications