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A brief review is given of the nature of lattice instabilities in high-Tc superconductors. The Frohlich instability in A-15 compounds is indicated to be a microdomain which acts as an embryo for the Martensitic transformations in these compounds.
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Phillips, J.C. (1976). Extended Defects in A-15 Superconductors. In: Douglass, D.H. (eds) Superconductivity in d- and f-Band Metals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8795-8_23
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