Trend of Science in the 21st Century.- Application of High-Temperature SQUID Magnetometers to Nondestructive Evaluation and Geomagnetic Exploration.- A Clinical Application of Superconductivity Technology — The Measurement of Magnetic Fields Produced by the Human Body.- The Effect of Chemical Pressure on Tc of Layered Cuprate Superconductors.- Critical Currents in Neutron-Irradiated High Temperature Superconductors.- Review of Coated Conductor Superconductor Wire Scale-Up Research in the U.S..- Challenges in the Realization of SFQ Digital Circuits.- Pressure Effects on Transport Properties of Detwinned Single Crystal YBa2Cu3O7-?.- Cu NMR Study of HgBa2CuO4+? and HgBa2CaCu2O6+?.- Photoinduced Phase Transition in YBa2Cu3Ox Observed by in-situ Resonant Raman Spectroscopy.- Electronic State of CuO.- Out-of-Plane Transport Properties of Zn-Substituted Bi-2212 Single Crystals with Different Oxygen Content.- Separation of Electronic and Phononic Components in Raman Spectra of High-Tc Superconductors.- Electric Resistivity of PrBa2Cu3O7-x Polycrystals.- Single Crystal Growth and Magnetic Properties of (La,Nd)4Ba2Cu2O10.- Growth and the Transport Property of Single Crystal PrBa2Cu4O8.- Femtosecond Optical Pulse Response of Y0.7Pr0.3Ba2Cu3O7-? Thin Films.- Anisotropic Transport Properties of Pb-Doped Bi2212 Single Crystals.- Effects of Oxygen Deficiency on ESR of Mn2+ Ions Substituted in YBa2Cu3O7-? Superconductors.- Measurements of Hall Effect on Bi2212 Under Uniaxial Stress.- ESR of Host Magnetic Ions or Impurity Ions in La2-xGdxCuO4 (0 x 2) as a Probe of Magnetic Interaction Between Magnetic Ions.- Resistive Transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox Single Crystals Measured Using Uniform and Non-Uniform Current Distributions.- Transport Properties of Grain Boundary Junctions Fabricated from Hole and Electron Doped High-Tc Superconductors.- Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Conductivity of Sr14Cu24O41.- Film-Thickness Dependence of Anomalous Dielectric Property Found in C-Axis-Oriented La2-xSrCuO4 Film with Localization.- Ion Milling of YBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Films and Their Charcterization.- Low Temperature Penetration Depth Measurements in High-Tc Superconductors.- Magnetic Imaging of Interlayer Josephson Vortices.- STM Vortex Core Spectroscopy and Non-BCS Pairing in High Temperature Superconductors.- Pseudogap Probed by STM.- Superconducting Gap and Pseudogap Behavior in High-Tc Cuprates.- Coulomb Blockade of the Intrinsic Josephson Tunneling in Submicron BSCCO Stacks.- Tunneling Study of Oxygen Concentration Dependence of Electronic State in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8-x.- Magnetic-Field Dependence of the Energy Gap in Bi2Sr2CuO6+?.- Anomalous Temperature Dependence of the London Penetration Depth in Hole Doped High-Tc Superconductors.- Break-Junction Measurements of the Energy Gap Above Tc in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+?.- Quantum Interference Found in //c Conductance Modulation of La2-xSrxCuO4 Thin Film in CO2 Laser Irradiation.- The T=0 Phase Diagram of the Field-Driven Superconductor-Insulator Transition in 2D.- Evaluation of Supercurrent Distribution by Terahertz Radiation Mapping.- ac Charge Dynamics in the Meissner State and the Vortex State of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy.- Magnetic Flux Generation in YBCO Thin Film Loops by Optical Excitation Under Magnetic Field.- The Vortex-Glass Transition and Phase Diagram in Low-Tc Superconductors.- Anomalous Peak Effect and Current-Driven Flux Lines in Irradiated Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+?: A Computer Simulation Study.- Estimation of Current Distribution in a Type II Superconductor.- Controllability and Stability of Magnetic Flux in YBCO Thin Film Loop Trapped by Optically Induced Current Imbalance.- Magnetic Flux Trap in Ion Implanted YBCO Thin Films Diagnosed by Terahertz Mapping.- Vortex Distribution Observed by Hall-Probe Array for Overdoped Bi-2212 Crystal.- A NMR Study of Vortex Melting in YBa2Cu4O8.- Magnetic Field Dependence of Jc in NdBa2Cu3O7-? Single Crystals Grown Under Various O2 Partial Pressures.- Fast Magnetic Relaxation Close to Tc in YBCO.- Observation of the First-Order Vortex Lattice Melting in NdBa2Cu3O7-y Single Crystals.- Magnetic Properties of (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu3Oy Doped by Additional Gd-211 Particles.- Field-Cooled Flux Distributions as Tool to Analyze Pinning Properties.- Superconducting Transitions of Bulk 123 Superconductors in Fields Up to 7 T.- Pinning in Nd-Based 123-Superconductors.- Distribution of Electric Field and Charge in Superconducting Strips Induced by Hall Effects.- Effect of Parallel Magnetic Field on the Melting Transition in BSCCO.- Effect of Ca Doping on the Lower Critical Field of YBa2Cu3O7-d Single Crystals.- Complex Harmonic Susceptibilities of Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy with Different Critical-Current Density.- The LPE Growth of Iron Garnet Films for Magnetic Flux Density Observation.- Current Dependence of the Effective Pinning Potential in Grain Aligned High-Tc Superconductors.- Pinning Mechanism in Weakly Pinned Type II Superconductors.- Recoupling Vortices due to Columnar Defects in 3.5 GeV Xe-Irradiated QMG-YBCO.- Vortex State of Heavy Ion Irradiated Ni-Doped Bi-2212.- Dynamical Properties of Vortices in the Mixed State of Amorphous MoxSi1-x Films.- The Thermally Nucleated Dissipation Process in Zero Field Studied by Voltage Noise.- Magnetic Relaxation Properties in OCMG Processed Nd-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors.- Anisotropy of Underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.5 Single Crystal.- ac Susceptibility and ac Loss of Silver-Sheathed Bi-2223 Tapes.- Transport Current Distribution in Superconducting Tapes.- Connectivity and Limitation of Current in Bi-2223/Ag Tapes.- New Concept on Superconductor — Flux Electron —.- Gap-Related Structure in a Phonon Spectrum of CuxBa2Ca3Cu4O.- Impurity Effects on the Superconducting State with a Nodeless Gap in the t-J Model.- Theory of Tunneling Effect in Ferromagnetic Metal/Insulator/Triplet Superconductor Junctions.- ac Josephson Current in d-Wave Superconductor Junctions.- Superconducting Condensation Energy of the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model Obtained by the Variational Monte Carlo Study.- Superconducting States with a Nodeless Gap in the t-t’-J-J’ Model.- Superconductivity in Electron-Doped Layered Metal Nitrides.- Superconductivity in the K-Bi-O System.- Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Cu2GeO4 Containing Edge-Sharing CuO2 Chains.- Investigation of an Unstable Tc 126K Phase and Its Derivative Phase in the Ba-Ca-Cu-O System.- High-Pressure Synthesis of Ba2Can-1CunO2n(O,F)2 (n=2?5) with the Highest Tc of 120K (n=3).- New V-Based Superconductors (Cu,V)Sr2Can-1CunOy (n=3–7) Synthesized Under High Pressure.- Superconductivity and Crystal Structure of LaBaCuO2BO3 Compound.- Low Temperature Structural Studies of Mercury Cuprates Superconductors.- Application of Convergent-Beam-Electron-Diffraction Technique to Determine Novel Cuprate Structures.- Single Crystal Study of Enchanced Flux Pinning in (Hg,Pb)(Ba,Sr)2Ca2Cu3O8+? and (Hg,Pb)Sr2Ca2Cu3O8+?.- Structural Evolution Induced by Changing Hole Carrier Density in (Hg,Tl)2Ba2(Cax, Y1-x)Cu2Oy.- Chemical Control and Hole Distribution in High-Tc Cuprates.- Anisotropy of Bi1.5Pb0.7Sr1.8CaCu2O8+? Single Crystal.- Correlation Between Cu Valence, Hole Density and Tc of Bi2212 Superconductors — Effect of Pb Substitution —.- Relation Between Superconductivity and Oxidation State of Pb of (Pb,Cu)Sr2(Ca,Y)Cu2Oy and (Pb,Cu)(Sr,La)2CuOy Studied by Chemical Analysis and XPS Measurements.- Structure and Physical Properties of (Pb2/3M1/3)-1212 Phase.- Observation of Electronic Structure of Cuprates by Auger Electron Spectroscopy.- Hole Distribution and Magnetic-Field Irreversibility in Cu(Ba0.8Sr0.2)2(Yb1-xCax)Cu2O6+z.- Effects of Iodine Intercalation on the Structural and Superconducting Properties of Bi2Sr2-xLnxCuOz (Ln=Nd and Sm) Compound.- Crystal Growth of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2Oz and Their Superconducting Properties.- ESR of Cu and Gd as a Probe of Chemical Reaction Rates in R-Ba-Cu-O (R=Y, Gd) and Related Systems.- Influence of Annealing in Water Vapor on the Structure of YBa2Cu3Ox Single Crystals.- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of the Bi2Sr2CaCu2O Single Crystal Surfaces Heated in Various Atmospheres.- Correlation Between Structural Stability and Water-Durability of High-Tc Superconductors.- Quench Characteristics of Y1Ba2Cu3O7-? Thin Film.- Magnetic Investigations of Hg-Based HTSC: Evidence for Different Kinds of Pinning.- Effect of Heavy Ion Irradiation on Flux Pinning Properties of Bi2212 and Bi(Pb)2212 Single Crystals Having Various ?2.- Role of Intrinsic Pinning for Melting Transition of YBa2Cu3O6.93 in the Parallel Field to CuO2 Layers.- Flux Pinning and Irreversibility Line in Superconducting Pb-Bi Alloys.- Vortex Behaviors in Single Crystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Investigated Through Spin-Probe ESR Method.- Scaling Law for Local Critical Current Distribution in Bi-2223/Ag Wires Estimated by V-I Characteristics.- Evidence for Planar Pinning in Heavily Pb-Doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y Single Crystals.- Irreversibility Field and Pinning Potential in Bi-2212 Superconducting Single Crystal.- Neutron Irradiation Effect on the Pinning Properties of Nd123.- Critical Current Density of Y123 Bicrystal Films Grown by LPE Method.- Normal Transition of Large-Area Superconducting Films Under Non-Stationary Conditions.- The Pinning of Flux Lines by Planar and Point Defects.- Numerical Simulation of Fluxoid Behaviors in Bi2212 Single Crystal.- Magneto-Optical Characterization of (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu3Oy Bulk Superconductors with Different Gd-211 Content.- Direct Observation of Flux Patterns to Understand the Effect of Y Addition on the Jc(B) Properties of Melt-Textured (Nd0.33Eu0.33Sm0.33)Ba2Cu3Oy.- Comparison of the Irreversibility Line Between Magnetization and Magnetoresistance Measurement for Nd-Ba-Cu-O Crystals.- Penetration Dynamics of RE-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors on Pulsed Field Magnetization.- Characteristics of the Weibull Parameters Deduced from the I–V Curves Measured on the Sintered GdBa2Cu3O7-?.- Magnetic Field Dependence of Critical Current Density of NbTi Thin Films as a Parameter of Angle.- On Improving Irreversibility Field in Nd442 Rich Nd123 Systems with a Modified Growth Technique.- Enhancement in Critical Current Density of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Single Crystal by Neutron Irradiation Followed by Thermal Annealing — Effect of Neutron Fluence —.- Bitter Decoration Patterns of Y-System Thin Films.- Superconducting Properties of NdBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition Method.- Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Observation of Vortices in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+?.- Effect of Geometry and Dimensionality on the Magnetic Response of HTSC Thin Films.- Transversal and Longitudinal Vortex Correlation in the Mixed State of High Temperature Superconductors.- Nature of Vortex Liquid in Heavy-Ion Irradiated Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y.- Dynamical Resistivity Behavior Above and Below Vortex Lattice Melting Transition in Single Crystals Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+?.- Monte Carlo Simulation on the First-Order Flux-Lattice Melting in High-Tc Superconductors.- Electron Irradiation Effects on the Vortex Phase Diagram in Untwinned YBa2Cu3Oy.- First-Order Decoupling Transition in the Vortex State of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y.- Critical Scaling Analysis of Transport Characteristics Before and After Heavy-Ion Irradiation in a YBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Film.- Optical Response and Transport Properties of Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Films with Columnar Defects.- Study on the Magnetization of HTSC Films by a New Method Based on the Tunnel Diode Oscillator with an Open-Flat Coil.- Transport E(J) Characteristics of High-Tc Superconductors in a Wide B-T Plane Up to 27T.- A Systematic Study of Vortex States by Means of Josephson Plasma Resonance.- The Second Magnetization Peak Effect Observed in (La1-xSrx)2CuO4 Single Crystal Under H // ab.- Magnetization and Entropy Changes at the First-Order Phase-Transition of Vortex-Lattice in (La1-xSrx)2CuO4 Single Crystals.- Vortex Phase Diagram in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy Probed by ac-Susceptibility Measurements.- Simulation of Magnetization of Bi2212 Single Crystal by the Fluxoid Dynamics Method.- Magnetic Relaxation in Superconducting Fullerenes Rb3C60 and K2RbC60.- Microstructures and Intergranular Jc of YBCO Films on MgO Bicrystal Grown by Liquid Phase Epitaxy.- Transport Characteristics in YBCO Thin Films Under Applying dc and ac Currents.- Characterization and Evaluation of Transport Current in Oxide Superconducting Wires.- Identification of Vortex Pinning Centers in Melt Textured ReBa2Cu3O7 (Re=Y,Nd).- Magnetization Properties for YBa2Cu3O7 Bulk Fabricated by Seed Process in High Magnetic Fields.- Very Strong Magnetic Field Trapped by Melt-Processed Large Sm-Ba-Cu-O Bulk-Superconductors.- Jc-B Properties of Melt-Processed (Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O with Gd2BaCuO5 Second Phase.- Fabrication and Characterization of Large Single-Domain YBCO Bulks.- Evidence for an Oxygen Related Structural Change in Y211 at 185K.- Effect of Pt Addition on Microstructure and Magnetic Properties in OCMG-Processed (Nd,Eu,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O.- Superconductivity of the Nd1+xBa2-xCu3Oy Solid Solutions.- Growth of High-Tc Superconducting Single Crystals by a Vertical Bridgman Method.- Cracking Mechanisms and Tensile Strengths for Melt-Processed RE-Ba-Cu-O (Re: Sm,Y).- The Effect of KClO3 Addition on the Superconducting Properties and Microstructure of YBCO HTSC Materials.- Magneto-Optic Imaging of Flux Penetration into an Artificially Granular High-Tc Superconductor.- Effects of Solute-to-Solvent Ratio and Cooling Rate on the Nucleation Temperature of NdBa2Cu3Ox.- Preparation and Properties of Melt-Processed Large RE(Eu, Gd)-System Superconductor Bulk in Air.- Dispersion and Morphologies of Silver in the Melt Grown YBa2Cu3Ox.- Single Crystals of Nd1+x(Ba1-ySry)2-xCu3O7±? Solid Solution Grown by Crystal Pulling.- Melt Processing of RE 123 (RE=Sm,Gd) Superconductors in Air.- Flux Dynamics During Pulsed-Field Magnetization in R-Ba-Cu-O (R=Y, Sm) Bulk Superconductors.- Preparation and Properties of Large Grain Peritectically Processed Nd-Ba-Cu-O.- Mechanical Properties of RE Bulk Superconductors.- Fabrication Process of Twin-Free Orthorhombic Nd123 Single Crystal Under Uni-Axial Compression.- Phase Transition and Superconductive Properties of Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O6+? Solid Solution.- Rapid Preparation of YBCO Coated Conductors Using Ag Tapes by Liquid Phase Epitaxy.- LPE Growth of YBCO on Silver Substrates.- Initial Growth Mechanism of Sm1+xBa2-xCu3Oy Film Prepared by Liquid Phase Epitaxy.- Partial Dissolution Mechanism of YBa2Cu3Ox Seed Films on MgO Substrate During Liquid Phase Epitaxy.- Liquid Phase Epitaxy of Y1-xNdxBa2Cu3O7-? Mixed Crystal Systems.- Critical Current Density for Melt Textured Filamentary Nd123 Superconductors.- The Influence of Microstructure of Calcined Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition on the Superconducting Properties.- Effects of Cooling Mode and Cation Substitution on Crystal Structure of Epitaxial YbBa2Cu4O8 Films Prepared by Coating Pyrolysis Process.- Characteristics of Normal-Zone Propagation in YBCO Thin Film Superconductors.- In-Plane Aligned YBCO Tapes Using NiO Buffer Layers Made by Surface-Oxidation Epitaxy.- Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7-y Films on Cube-Textured Silver Tapes with Oxide Buffer Layers.- Mechanical Property of Y1Ba2Cu3Ox Superconducting Tape Formed on Metallic Tape with YSZ Buffer Layer.- Fabrication and Transport Properties of Biaxially Textured YBCO Tapes by IBAD Method.- Continuous Preparation of Superconducting YBCO Tape on Ag Tape.- Characteristics of YBCO Thin Film Tapes Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Structure of Different RE-123 Phases Synthesized by the Diffusion Reaction.- Quenching Properties of YBCO-Thin-Film Tapes.- New Experiments Elucidating the Current Limiting Mechanisms of Ag-Sheathed (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox Tapes.- Large Jc Enhancement of Bi-2212/Ag Tape by PAIR Process.- Development of Bi-2223 Cable Conductors.- Microstructures and Properties of Bi2212 Tapes and Bulks Grown in High Magnetic Field.- Power Losses in Multifilamentary Ag/BSCCO-2223 Tape Caused by ac External Magnetic Field and Transport Current.- Aspect Ratio Dependence of Effective Transverse Matrix Resistivity in Multifilamentary HTSC/Ag Strands.- Recent Progress in HTS Wire Technology at the Super-GM Project.- Development of Bi(2223) Tapes with Low ac Losses.- Effect of MgO, Ag2O, PtO2 Particles on the Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of Ag Sheathed (Bi,Pb)-2223 Tapes.- Superconducting Properties of Melt-Cast Processed Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy Compounds.- Bi-2212/Ag Multifilamentary Tapes, Wires and Coils for High Magnetic Field Applications.- Effects of Ag Foils on Properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 Multifilamentary Tapes.- Superconducting Properties of Bi-2212 Multifilamentary Round Wires with Double Layered Core Filaments.- Extraction of Ag Diffusion Effect in Hot-Pressed Bi-2223.- Ceramic Fiber Addition to BPSCCO Superconductor.- Development of a New Type Bi-2212 Multi-Filamentary Wire.- Observation on the Microstructure of Bi2223 Silver Sheathed Tape.- Development of AgMg Alloy Sheathed Bi-2223 Multifilamentary Tape.- Analyses of the Electromagnetic Properties of Bi-Based Superconductors with Different Jc’s by the SRPM Method.- Synthesis of Ag-Sheathed (Bi,Pb)-2223 Tapes Using The Precursor of (Bi,Pb)2CuO4+(Sr,Ca)2CuO3.- The Influences of Precursor Powder on Critical Current Density of Ag/Bi-2223 Tapes.- Effects of Starting Composition and Treating Atmosphere on Phase formation, Microstructure and Jc of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox/Ag Multilayer Tapes.- Low Temperature Annealing Effects on Superconducting Properties of Melt-Solidified Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox/Ag Multilayer Tapes.- Spiral Pitch Adjusted Multi-Layer Conductor with Alloy-Sheathed Wire.- Development and Characterization of Bi2212 Superconducting Tape.- ac Loss Characteristics of Silver Sheathed Bi-2223 Multifilamentary Wires.- Development of Ag-Mg-? Alloy Sheathed Bi2223 Multifilament Tapes.- Processing Related Issues on High Jc Bi-2212/Ag Multilayer Tapes Prepared by Pair Process.- Superconducting Properties for AgCu Reinforced Ag/Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Coil in Large Electromagnetic Stress State.- Bending Treatment Effect on Critical Current in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox Tapes.- Bi-2212 Multifilamentary Round Conductor with High n-Value.- Effect of Ag Substrate on the Microstructure and Jc of Bi-2212/Ag Tapes Prepared by a Dip-Coating Method.- Progress in Improving Jc of Long Bi(2223) Tapes by Periodic Pressing.- Thermal Fluctuation Effects on the Magnetization in Bi1.8Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 Polycrystalline Sample.- Enhancement of Critical Currents in (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy (Bi-2223) Superconducting Tapes.- Mechanical Strength and Critical Strain of Superconducting Bi-2223/Ag Composite Tapes.- Post Annealing in Flowing Ar for Filamentary Hg1223 Superconductors.- Partial-Melting of Filamentary Hgl223 Superconductors by Using CaHgO2 for the Vaporizing Material.- ac Loss and Temperature Distribution in a Cryocooler-Cooled 1T Pulse Coil with an Interlayer-Transposed Parallel Conductor.- Effects of Winding-Pitch on Transverse-Field Losses Measured by a Simple Electromagnetic Method.- a.c. Transport Properties of the High-Tc Superconducting Cable Consist of the Transposed Segment Conductor.- Surface Condition and Superconducting Properties of Ag-Sheathed Tape.- HTS Transposed Cable Conductor with Low ac Loss.- Development of Long Length Round Strand for HTS Transposed Cable Conductor.- Fabrication of Conductor Using Bi-Based Multilayered Wires.- Stability Characteristics of the Aluminum Stabilized Superconductor for the LHD Helical Coils.- High Field Test of a Bi-2223 Silver-Alloy Sheathed Superconducting Coil.- Partial Melt Processing of Bi-2212 Thick Films on Polycrystalline MgO Substrates.- Development of Unidirectionally Solidified YBCO/Ag Superconducting Current Lead.- RE123 Superconductive Thin Fiber Current Leads Produced by Laser Heated Floating Zone Melting.- Superconducting Bulk Levitation Using an Electromagnet.- Growth Manners of c-Axis Oriented YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films.- Effect of Molecular Oxygen on YBCO Thin Films with (110)-Orientation.- Orientation Control in Thin Film Growth of YBa2Cu3Ox.- Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7-y Thin Film on the Cube Textured Silver Tape by MOCVD.- Fabrication of Smooth Surface on Liquid Phase Epitaxially Grown Y1Ba2Cu3O7-? Films by Mechanical Polishing.- Liquid Precursors for MOCVD Method to Fabricate (RE)BCO Thin Films.- Deposition of NdBaCuO Superconducting Films.- Epitaxial Growth of Smooth NdBa2Cu3O7-? Films by Laser Ablation Using a Single Crystal Target.- Homoepitaxial NdBa2Cu3O7-y Film Growth.- Ba1-xRbxBiOy Thin Films Prepared by Rf Magnetron Sputtering.- Synthesis of Single Phase of CuTl-1234 Thin Films.- Fabrication of High-Quality Hg-1212 Superconducting Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7 Films on Sapphire Substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Growth and Characterization of 3-Inch-Dia. Double-Sided HTS Thin Film.- Fabrication of High Quality CeO2 Thin Films on YBa2Cu3Ox Films and YBa2Cu3Ox Single Crystals for Electronic Applications.- Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscopy of Superconducting Materials and Devices.- Non-Destructive Measurements of Oxygen Content of YBa2Cu3O7-? and NdBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Films.- In-situ Observation and Surface Morphology of YBa2Cu3O7-y Films by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition.- Cubic Structure and Cation Disordering of YBCO Thin Film.- AFM Study on YBa2Cu3O7-y Thin Films by MOCVD Using Liquid State Sources.- Microstructure Characterization of the YBa2Cu3O7-y Thin Films Derived From the Metal-Naphthenates Gels Coated on SrTiO3 (100) and LaAlO3 (100) Substrates.- XPS Study on Electron-Beam Deposited NBCO Thin Films.- Influence of the Microstructure of a CeO2 Buffer Layer on the Superconducting Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-? on Al2O3.- Surface Treatments and Stability of YBa2Cu3Ox Single-Crystal Substrates for Homoepitaxial Growth.- Atomic Control of Step Distribution on Both Normal and Vicinal SrTiO3 (100) Substrates.- Surface Resistance of Ag-Bi2212 Thick Films Prepared by Partial-Melt Solidification Process.- Elimination of 45° Grain Boundaries in YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films for Microwave Devices on MgO Substrates.- Effect of Substrate Lattice Mismatch on the Crystallographic Properties of YBa2Cu3Oy Thin Films for Microwave Devices.- Microwave Properties of High-Tc Superconducting Film Characterized by Dielectric Resonator.- Structure and Superconducting Properties of Nb/Pd Multilayers.- Recent Progress in HTS Josephson Junctions.- Observation of Microwave Induced Steps for a Single Intrinsic Tunnel Junction.- Homoepitaxial SNS Junctions Grown on YBCO Single Crystal Substrates.- Edge-Type Junction with ITO Barrier.- Fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7-?/SrTiO3/La1-xSrxMnO3 Films for a Spin-Polarized Quasiparticle Injection Device.- High-Tc Josephson Junctions with Modified Interface Barriers.- Transport Mechanisms of HTS Ramp Edge Junctions with PBCO Based Barriers.- Fabrication of the HTS Multilayer Structure Using Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP).- Preparation and Characterization of a-Axis Oriented (NdBa2Cu3O7-?/PrBa2(Cu,Co)3O7-?/NdBa2Cu3O7-?)Trilayers.- Microwave Properties of Josephson Junction with Wide Band Log-Periodic Toothed Trapezoid Antenna of High-Tc Superconducting Films.- Preparation of YBa2Cu3O7 Step-Edge Junctions on Sapphire Substrate.- Step Angle Dependence of Tl2212 Josephson Junction Properties on MgO (100) Substrates.- High-Tc SQUID Systems for Biomagnetic Clinical Research and for Non-Destructive Evaluation.- (Hg,Re)-1212 Dc SQUIDs.- Direct Flux-Noise Measurement of Nb Variable-Thickness-Bridges.- Electronic Gradiometer Using High Tc SQUIDs Under Unshielded Environment.- High Tc SQUID Gradiometer.- High Tc SQUID with a Single Layer Flux Transformer on Sapphire.- Noise Property of High Tc dc-SQUID Utilizing Bicrystal Junction with 30° Misorientation Angle.- Fabrication of High-Tc SQUID Magnetometer with Double-Pickup-Coil Configuration.- Superconducting Electronics: Science and Technology Update.- Small Strip Line Module for Superconducting Filter.- Microwave Properties of Liquid Phase Epitaxialy Grown YBa2Cu3Ox Films.- Microwave Characteristic of YBa2Cu3O7-y Thin Films by Hot-Wall Type MOCVD.- Millimeter Wave YBa2Cu3Ox Mixer.- High Efficiency Cooling System for High Temperature Superconducting Filters.- Design and Fabrication of Cross-Coupled Microstrip Bandpass Filters.- New Measurement Technique of the Surface Resistance Rs Using the Microstripline Resonator.- A Superconducting Delay-Line Memory Using a YBa2Cu3O7-? Coplanar Line.- Use of Read SQUIDs in HTS SFQ Shift Register Circuits.- Single-Flux-Quantum Logic Devices Based on the Binary Decision Diagram.- Fabrication and Properties of NdBa2Cu3O7-?/PrBa2Cu3O7-?/NdBa2Cu3O7-? Ramp-Edge Junctions.- Terahertz Responses of HTS Josephson Junctions on Bicrystal Substrates.- A Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping System for Supercurrent Distribution Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses.- Fluxon Dissipation in Microscopic Stacks of Josephson Junctions.- Magnetic Flux Quanta in YBCO Thin Film Loop Controlled with Femtosecond Optical Pulses.- Design of Superconductive Optical Flux Trap Memory for Femtosecond Laser Pulse Detection.- Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Y-Ba-Cu-O Film Coated by Pb-Zr-Ti-O and Diamondlike Carbon.- Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-? — Ferroelectric PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 Heterostructures for a Field Effect Transistor and a Nonvolatile Memory Device.- Double-Layered Superconducting Tubes (Supertrons) for Focusing and Guiding Intense Electron Beams.- Development of HTS Magnets for Si Single Crystal Pulling Applications.- Rapid Excitation of 7 T- & 4 T- Refrigerator Cooled Bi2223 Superconducting Magnets.- Fabrication and Transport Properties of Bi-2212/Ag Continuously-Wound 16-Stack Pancake Coil.- Stability and Thermal Quench Study in a HTSC Pancake Coil.- Electromagnetic Force Characteristics of the Superconducting Bearing Based on the Magnetic Gradient Levitation Concept.- Improvement on Levitation Force Decrease of Superconducting Magnetic Bearing.- An Evaluation of Levitation Property in HTSC Magnetic Bearing Device Including Ferromagnetic Materials.- Bias-Current’s Effect on Hybrid Superconducting Magnetic Bearings.- Electromagnetic Force of Multiple Bulk Superconductors.- Active Magnetic Levitation of Multiple Y-Ba-Cu-O Bulks.- Fabrication and Test of Reluctance Machine Using Bulk High Temperature Superconductor as Magnetic Shield.- A Levitation-Type Superconducting Linear Actuator with Superconducting Slider.- Development of Fully Superconducting Linear Actuator with Bi/Ag Sheathed Tape Windings and YBCO Bulk Thruster.- Design, Processing, and Properties of Bi:2212/Ag Rutherford Cables.- Uniform Current Distribution Conductor of HTS Power Cable with Variable Tape-Winding Pitches.- Initial Characterization Tests for Rutherford Cable Made with Bi-2212 High-Tc Superconducting Wire.- Improvement of Stabilized Current Density in Superconducting Composite Conductor.- Ramp Rate Limitation Test of the Superconducting Cable for ac Applications.- Numerical Analysis of ac Losses in Transposed High-Tc Superconductors.- 500 A Class Small ac Transformer Using Oxide Superconductor Operating at Liquid Nitrogen Temperature.- A Magnetic Shielding Type Superconducting Fault-Current Limiter.- Fabrication of a lkWh/lMW Module Type SMES.- Test Results of the R&D Coil for 1kWh/1MW SMES.- Switching Characteristics of a 1kA-25ohm Magnetic Persistent Current Switch for SMES.- Connecting Tests of 1MJ • SMES System and 1kA-25? Class Magnetic Persistent-Current-Switch (PCS).- Effect of Quench Time Lag on the Succeeding Quench in the Parallel Mechanical PCS Circuit.- Test Results of the HTS Current Leads for 1kWh/1MW Module Type SMES System.- Development of the Current Lead Using YBCO Rods for SMES.- Fabrication and Performance of High Temperature Current Lead Using Bi2223 Bulk.- Advances in Refrigeration for HTS Applications.- Performances of the Superconducting Coils for the Large Helical Device.- Computer Simulation of Normal Zone Propagation in the LHD Helical Coils.- Methods of Decreasing the Heat Loss Caused by Eddy Currents in a Superconducting Coil.- Magnetic Shielding Analysis of HTS Plates by Flux Flow Creep Model.- Numerical Method for Magnetic Shielding Analysis of Axisymmetric HTS Plates by Flux Flow Creep Model.- Formulation of Magnetic Shielding Effects by High-Tc Superconductor.- About Evolution and Propagation of Normal Zone in an Adiabatic Superconducting Coil.- Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for Superconductors in High Frequency Fields — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.- Influence of Stress/Strain on Transport Critical Current Measurement for HTSC.- Stress-Strain-Ic Characterization of Bi-2212 Tapes.- Investigation of Pinning Behaviour by Flux Creep Measurements.- Results of RRT on Bi(2223)/Ag Tape Samples and Thermal Properties of High Tc Superconductors.- Standardization of the Test Method for a.c. Loss Measurement of Cu/Nb-Ti Composite Superconductors.- Sustainable Current Measurement of ac Nb-Ti Composite Superconducting Wires.- Results of Round Robin Test of Residual Resistance Ratio in Cu/Nb-Ti Composite Superconductor.- Inter-Comparison Test Results for Residual Resistance Ratio of Cu/Nb3Sn Composite Conductors.- Definition of Mechanical Properties Assessed by Room Temperature Tensile Test for the Cu/Nb-Ti Composite Wires.- Standardization of the Method for the Determination of the Cu/Non-Cu Ratio of Cu/Nb3Sn Composite Superconductors.- Author Index.- Key Word Index.