Advances in Superconductivity VII

of Volume 1.- 1 Plenary Lectures.- Epitaxial High-Tc Films - Impact on Science and Applications.- Physical Properties of the New Borocarbide Superconductors.- Strong Flux Pinning in Melt-Grown RE123 (RE: Sm, Eu, Gd) Superconductors.- Investigation of the Josephson Effect in Y(Yb)Ba2Cu3O7?y Single Crystal Break Junctions.- Progress and Recent Trend of SMES Research.- 2 Physics.- 2.1 Tunneling and Electron Spectroscopy.- Determining the Symmetry of the Superconducting Pairing State from Phase Coherence in Josephson Junctions and dc SQUIDs.- A Search for Nodes in the Wavefunction of Superconducting Y1Ba2Cu3O7?? Thin Films.- Symmetry of Pair Potential Observed by Tunneling Spectroscopy.- Low Temperature STM/STS Measurements on c-Axis Oriented Y1Ba2Cu4O8 Superconductive Films.- Gap Value Determinations on the Tunneling Spectrum.- LT-STM/STS Study on Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy.- Observation of Inhomogeneous Spatial Conductivity on YBCO Single Crystal by LT-UHV-STM.- Manifestation of a Clear Gap Structure and Quantum Size Effects from Point-Contact and Tunneling Spectroscopy of YBa2Cu3O7?x and YbBa2Cu3O7?x Single Crystals.- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Cleaved Surfaces of Bi2Sr2CuO6+?.- 2.2 Transport and Thermal Properties.- A Thermodynamic Investigation of the Normal State Spectrum of YBa2Cu3O6+x.- Anomalous Transport Properties in the Tetragonal Superconductor CaLaBaCu3Oy.- Annealing Effect on the c-Axis Negative Magnetoresistance in Bi-2212 Single Crystals.- Anisotropic Transport Properties of YBa2Cu3O7?? Single-Crystal.- Nonlinear Transport in Insulating YBa2Cu3Oy.- Correlation Between Tc and Hole Concentration of Bi2212 Phase - Effect of Annealing in Absence of Oxygen.- Thermoelectric Power of TCNQ-Treated (Bi,Pb)-2223 Cuprates.- Hall Effect Measurements for YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films in Pulsed High Magnetic Fields up to 40T.- Hall Effects in Bi2Sr2CaCu2?xNixO8+? Single Crystals in Normal and Mixed States.- Scaling of the Hall Resistance in the Mixed State of Indium Films.- Distinct Insulating Phase at Low Temperature in Thin Superconducting Films.- Thickness Dependence of the I-V Characteristics in Indium Films.- Superconducting Properties in Bi-2201 Single Crystals.- Low Temperature Annealing Effect on Superconducting Properties of YBCO Crystals Grown by SRL-CP Method.- Material Properties of YBa2Cu3Ox Single Crystals Grown by the SRL-CP Method; Pinning and Coupling Between CuO2-Plan.- Tetragonal Tweed Phase Superconducting YBCO Single Crystals.- Effect of Light Irradiation on the Crystal Structure and Conductivity of Reduced YBa2Cu3O7?y.- 2.3 Magnetic Resonance, Neutron, and Mössbauer Studies.- 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy for Bi-System Superconductors.- NQR Study in YBa2Cu4O8 Under Pressure.- NMR Study of the Magnetism and Superconductivity in Cu1+xCo2?xS4.- 2.4 Optical and Ultrasonic Properties.- Is a Pseudogap Responsible for the Semiconducting-Like c-Axis Conductivity in Underdoped YBa2Cu3O7???.- Indirect Excitons in Three-Dimensional Charge-Density-Wave System of BaBiO3.- Temperature Dependence of Optical Spectra for the CDW Gap and Optical Phonons in BaBiO3.- Low-Frequency Raman Spectra of (BiPb)2Sr2CaCu2O8.- Effects of Ni Substitution on the Superconducting and Raman Spectra in YBa2Cu4O8.- Spectral Dependence of Photoinduced Hole Doping Effects in Oxygen-Deficient YBa2Cu3Oy.- Electromagnetic Generation and Detection of Acoustic Waves by High-Tc Superconductors Under Magnetic Field.- 2.5 Magnetic and Microwave Properties.- Microwave Penetration Depth Measurements as a Probe of the Superconducting State of YBCO.- Superconducting-State Parameters and Anisotropy of HgBa2Can?1CunOy.- Frequency Dependence and Anisotropy of ac Field Screening in the Mixed State of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8.- Vortex Phase Diagram near Tc via DC and AC Magnetization of BSCCO-2212 Crystal.- Anomalous Peak Effect in the Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8+y Single-Crystal.- Anomalous Temperature Dependence of dc Magnetization in Superconducting High-Tc Thin Films.- 2.6 Structural Properties.- Unusual Lattice Hardening Below Tc in La2?xSrxCuO4.- Dependence of Tc on Uniaxial Stress for Single Crystal of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox.- Neutron Scattering and Microstructural Studies of the Crystalline Perfection of SRL-CP Single Crystals of Y1Ba2Cu3O7??.- A Note on High Tc Layered Superconductors Illustrated by Phase Coherence Competition with Charging Energies.- Structural Study on BaCuO2 Single-Crystal Thin Films by X-Ray Weissenberg Method.- Effect of Tb Substitution on the Superconductivity of La2?xBaxCuO4.- 3 Chemistry.- 3.1 Homologous Layered Cuprates.- A New Homologous Series of Compounds: Cu-12(n?1)n :P.- New Low Anisotropic High-T, Superconductors (Cu,Ag)Ba2Can?1CunO2n+4?y.- Synthesis of CuBa2Ca3Cu4O12?? with Low Anisotropy.- New Homologous Series of Pb-Based Cuprate Superconductors.- Attempts at Preparation of CuBa2Ca(n?1)CunOy Superconductors by Sol-Gel Method.- Synthesis and Chemical Characterization of Pb2Ba2EuCu3Oz Samples.- Preparation and Properties of a New Layered Structural Cuprate, Gd2CaBa2Ti2Cu2O12.- High-Pressure Syntheses of Ga/Al-Based Cuprate Superconductors.- 3.2 Mercury-Based Superconductors.- Chemical Stabilization and Irreversible Magnetic Behavior of HgM2Can?1CunOy with M = Sr(Ba) and n = 1 to 3.- New Family of Mercury-and Thallium-Based Superconductors, Hg1?xTlxBa2(Ca0.86Sr0.14)2Cu3O8+?.- Preparation and Properties of (Hg1?xBix)Ba2Ca2Cu3O8+?.- Comparison of Carrier Doping Levels of Pb-Free and Pb-Doped (Hg,Pb)Ba2Ca2Cu3O8+? Superconductors.- Effects of Bismuth Substitution on Magnetization Properties of Hg1?xBixBa2Ca2Cu3Oy Superconductors.- Preparation of Hg-Based Superconductors with Various Oxygen Content.- 3.3 Single Crystals, Films, and Bulk Materials.- Low-Temperature Crystal Growth of Tl-Based Superconductor.- Single Crystal Growth of Tl2Ba2CaCu2Ou and Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10 and Low Temperature X-Ray Single Crystal Experiment of Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10.- In-Situ Observation of Crystallization from a Glassy State in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.- Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Study of Cu-Based Superconductors.- Thermally Induced Phase Transformation and Superconductivity in Oxygen Reduced YBa2Cu3Ox.- Fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7?? Film by Laser MOCVD Using Ba(hfa)2 · Tetraglyme.- Preparation of Superconducting Ba-Ca-CuO Thin Films by RF Thermal Plasma Deposition Method.- Microstructure of Melt-Processed Nd-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors.- SmBaCuO Superconductors Melt-Processed in Low Oxygen Partial Pressures.- 3.4 Phase Equilibria, Carrier Doping, and Electronic Structure.- Stoichiometry, Structure, and Properties of La2NiO4+? and La2?xSrxNiO4±?.- Phase Equilibria in the Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.- Modelling of Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria in Selected Subsystems of the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.- Phase Equilibria in Parts of the System Bi-Sr-Ca-Oxide at 820 and 900°C in Air.- A New High Pressure Form of BaCuO2+x.- Thermodynamics and Phase Diagram of the Ag-Cu-O System.- Superconducting Properties of the La1+xBa2?xCu3Oy System.- O2-HIP Preparation and Characterization of PrBa2Cu4O8.- Observation of Low Temperature Oxygen Diffusion in Deuterium-Doped YBa2Cu3O6 Single Crystal by SIMS.- Origin of Modulated Structure for Bi2212 Superconductor.- Anisotropic Electrical Resistivity of La2?xCaxCuO4 Single Crystals.- Superconductivity in Carrier-Doped BaCuOx Thin Films.- Synthesis and Electrical Property of MgTi2?xVxO4.- Investigation of Synthesizing Process for Single Phase Y-Pd-B-C.- 4 Flux Pinning.- 4.1 Flux Observation.- Observation of the Flux-Line Lattice by Neutron Diffraction and Muon-Spin Rotation.- Magneto-Optical Observation of Flux Penetration Along Twin Boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7.- Critical Current Density Estimation of YBCO by Trapped Field Measurement Using a Hall Probe.- Magneto-Optical and HREM Studies of Flux Pinning at Grain Boundaries in the be Plane of Bi2212 Crystal.- Observation of Vortices in Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Oy Single Crystal.- Flux Properties in YBa2Cu3O7?? and Inhomogeneous ESR Broadening.- Trapped Flux Density Distribution on the Surface of Oxide Superconducting Plates.- Effect of Light Irradiation on Flux Flow in Oxide Superconductor.- 4.2 Flux Pinning and Flux Dynamics.- Flux Pinning Property in Superconducting Bi-2223 Tape Wires.- Effects of Static Disorder on Vortex Phases and Dynamics of Type-II Superconductors - A Scaling Approach.- Enhanced Critical Current Density in the Tl-Base Oxides with Fluorine Addition.- Pinning Force Density in Strongly Pinned Superconductors.- Scaling Law of Pinning Force Density in Bi-2223 Superconducting Tape Wires.- Transport Anisotropy of Resistivity and Critical Current Density in Sputtered Y1Ba2Cu3O7?y Films.- Effect of 18 MeV Fe8+ Ion Irradiation on Microstructure of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox Single Crystal.- Critical Current Densities of Thin YBaCuO Films in Parallel Magnetic Fields.- Computational Analysis of Optimal Size of a Cylindrical Insulating Inclusion Acting as a Pinning Center.- Calculations of Electronic Structure of Candidates for Magnetic Flux Pinning Centers in Oxide Superconductors.- Flux Creep and Pinning Strength in Superconducting Pb-Bi Alloys with Different Pinning Strength.- Dependence of Irreversibility Temperature on Thickness of Superconducting Films.- Critical Current Property and Irreversibility Line in Superconducting Hg-1212.- Irreversibility Properties in Superconducting Pb-Bi Alloys.- Synthesis and Physical Properties of Ca-Doped YBa2Cu3Oy Thin Films.- The Effect of B and P Ion Implantation on Superconducting Magnetic Shielding in NbTi Sheets.- Irreversibility Magnetic Fields and Vortex-Glass-like Behavior in Tl1Ba2Ca2Cu3Ox and Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3Ox Thin Films.- 4.3 Electromagnetic Properties.- Complex Susceptibility of Infinite-Layer Superconductor (Sr0.7Ca0.3)0.95CuO2?x.- Irreversibility Line of YBa2Cu3O7 Single Crystal with Optimum Oxygen Stoichiometry.- TEM Zone Axis Critical Voltage in YBCO and Microanalysis of Oxygen Concentration.- ac Magnetic Susceptibility of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Single Crystal.- Magnetic Torque in La2?xSrxCuO4?? Single Crystals with Various Carrier Doping States.- Transport Properties in o-Axis Oriented YB2Cu3Ox Thin Films.- Persistency of Superconducting Current in YBCO(123) and BSCCO(2212).- Flux Creep of Proximity-Induced Magnetization in NbTi Multifilamentary Wires with Cu-Mn Matrix.- Critical Current Distribution and Flux Creep Properties in Y1Ba2Cu3O7?? Superconducting Thin Films.- Minor Magnetization and Flux Creep Characteristics in YBaCuO Superconductors with Distributed Pinning Forces.- Anomalous Non-Linear Effect of the c-Axis I-V Characteristics in Single Crystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+? Under Magnetic Fields.- Author Index.- Key Word Index.