Advances in Superconductivity XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS '99), October 17-19, 1999, Morioka (Paperback, 2000)

l Plenary Lectures.- The Second Industrial Revolution and Superconductivity Technology.- Key Insights from Structural Studies of High-Temperature Superconductors: Is There a Path to Higher Tc?.- Flux Pinning and Critical Currents in LTS and HTS Conductors.- 2 Physics and Chemistry.- 2.1 Mini-Symposium: What Is the Two-Dimensionality in High-Temperature Superconductors?.- c-Axis Superfluid Response and Quasiparticle Conductivity in Biand Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+? and Bi2Sr2Cu2O6+?.- Study of Highly Anisotropic Conductivity and Penetration Depth of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy by Using a Cavity Perturbation Technique.- Interlayer Tunneling Spectroscopy for Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+? Using Intrinsic Junctions.- Charge Transport Along the c-Axis in High-Tc Cuprates.- c-Axis Infrared Spectra of Bilayer High-Tc Cuprates: The Effect of Intrabilayer Josephson Coupling.- Josephson Plasma Reflectivity Edge in Pb-Doped Bi2212 Single Crystals: Direct Evidence for Reduced Anisotropy of Bi2212 by Pb-Doping.- Interlayer Tunneling in Bi-2212: Coherency and Charging Effects.- Anomalous Charge Transport of the Parent Antiferromagnet Bi2Sr2RCu2O8.- Theory for c-Axis Transport in HTSC.- Impurities and Vortex Cores in the t-J Model.- Inplane and Interplane Charge Dynamics in Layered Manganite Crystals.- Magnetic Correlations in Lightly-Doped La2-xSrxCuO4.- Growth of Thin-Film RuSr2GdCu2O8 by Pulsed-Laser Deposition and ex-situ Annealing.- The Metal-Insulator Transition and High-Temperature Superconductivity.- 2.2 Solid State Chemistry.- Control of Ni-Substitution Site in YBa2(Cu,Ni)3O7-?.- Observation of Mixed-Valence State in the BaSm(Cu1-xFex)2O5+? Double-Perovskite Phase.- New Oxycarbonitrate Superconductors (C1-xNx)Sr2CuO5+y with a 1201-Type Structure.- High Pressure Synthesis of New Superconductors MoNiP and MoRuP with Tc of Above 15K.- Epitaxial Growth of Single-Crystalline Thin Film of Two-Legged Spin Ladder Compound Ca14Cu24O41.- Growth and Characterization of Single Crystals of TI-Based Cuprate Superconductors.- Structural Properties of 2-xCaxCu3Oy and PrBa2Cu3-xAgxOy: Correlation with Electronic and Magnetic Properties.- Substitution Effects of Ba by Sr and La in Physical and Structural Properties of Ba2Cu3O4Cl2 Compounds.- A New Family of 2223-Type Superconductors, (Tl1-xHgx)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy Synthesized Under High Pressure 116.- New Series of Hg-Based, (Hg,Cr)Sr2Can-1,CuOy (n=2-5) Superconductors Synthesized Under High Pressure.- Structure and Physical Properties of (Pb2/3M1/3)-1212 Phase (II).- Diffusion of Water Vapor in YBa2Cu3Ox.- Synthesis of ACuO2(A=Al, Ga, Fe, and Rh) Delafossites Containing Two-Dimensional Triangular Lattices.- Preparation of (As0.33Cu0.67)Sr2YCu2O6.88 and Its Physical Properties.- Li-Intercalation into the Bi-Based Oxychlorides with the Layered Structures.- Carrier Doping into Ba2Cu3O4Cl2 with the Cu3O4 Plane Through the Li-Substitution for Cu.- Chemical Oxidation on the Surface of La2CuO4 Single Crystals.- Study of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy Single Crystal Surfaces by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- A Study of the Reactivity of PBSCCO 2223 Precursor Powders Prepared by Solid-State Processing, Co-Precipitation, Citrate Gel and Spray Pyrolysis.- ESR Study of the Quasi One-Dimensional Cuprate (Ca1-xYx)0.82CuO2.- 2.3 Normal and Superconducting State Properties.- Manifestations of the Charged Stripes in the Magnetoresistance of Heavily Underdoped YBa2Cu3O6+x.- Evidence for One-Dimensional Charge Transport in the Stripe Ordered Phase of La2-x-ySrxCuO4.- Optical Spectra in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4+yCrystal: Implication of Charge Ordering.- Incommensurate Spin Fluctuations in YBCO - Charge and Spin Stripe Scenario -.- Charge Stripes and Electronic States in Underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4.- SO(5) Multicritical Phenomena of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in Organic Superconductors.- Evolution of Spectral Function from Insulator to Superconductor: What Do We Learn from Angle-Resolved Photoemission?.- Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of PrBa2Cu3O7 and PrBa2Cu4O8.- Elastic