Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, IV

Preface. Part I: Physics and Theory. Abrikosov Vortices Behavior in Different Pinning Potential for Moderately Anisotropic High-Tc Superconductors; V.M. Pan, et al. Microwave Dissipation and the Structure of the Vortex Lattice in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta Single Crystals; N. Bontemps, H. Enriquez. The Flux Line Lattice States in Single-Crystalline Superconductors with Weak Pinning; V.F. Solovjov, V.M. Pan. Can we Achieve High In-Field Jc at 77 K in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O?; D. Shi. The Violation of the BCS Theory and the Extensions Required to Include the Effects of a Nearby Phase Transition; E.L. Haase. Correlations Between Magnetostriction Jumps and Flux Instabilities in La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 Single Crystal; A. Nabialek. Spin-Phonon Correlations and Optical Excitations in Oxides; Y.G. Pashkevich, A.V. Yeremenko. Anisotropic Josephson Junctions on Stepped Surfaces of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Crystals: Evidence for the Symmetry of the Pair Wave Function; H.Z. Durusoy, M.R. Beasley. Part II: Processing and Properties - Crystals. Material Science Aspects of HTS Technical Superconductors; A.D. Nikulin. Studies of Infinite-Layer, T'-Phase, and 1-D-Ladder Copper-Oxide Compounds; J.T. Markert, et al. Low-Temperature H-T Phase Diagram of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4±delta; J. Herrmann, et al. Superconductivity in the La2CuO4.03 Single Crystal System; Y. Obukhov, et al. Residual Microstresses, a-b Microcracking and Twin Structure in Oxygen Controlled Melt Grown NdBaCuO Superconductors; P. Diko, et al. Microstructure and Superconducting Characteristics ofHgmPbnBa2Ca2Cu3O8±&dgr;; I. Sargánková, et al. Problems of Searching for Copper-Free HTS Compositions; S.A. Nedilko, V.A. Drozd. Part III: Processing and Properties &endash; Thin Films. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films; M. Jelínek, et al. Study of a-Axis Oriented YB2a2Cu3Ox Superconducting Thin Films on Y2O3/YSZ/Si Substrates; Š. Chromik, et al. Structural Disorder Investigations of YBCO Thin Films Using Raman Microscopy; G. Gibson, et al. Penetration Depth Measurements in Epitaxiel YBCO Thin Films by the ESR Technique; B. Akta, H.Z. Duriosoy. Part IV: Applications. HTS Multilayer Process Development for Digital Circuits; M.G. Forrester, et al. Evaluation of the Magnetic Properties of Nd-Based Superconductors; V. Ottoboni, et al. Noise Properties of HTSC Films for Bolometers on Si Membranes; I.A. Khrebtov, et al. Application of Ion Beam Etching to Investigate the Electrical Behaviour of Josephson Junctions; H. Schneidewind, et al. Synthesis of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Wires for Perspective Applications; A. ul Haq, M.N. Khan. Late Submission. Electron-Density Distribution and Valence-Bond Structure in Copper-Oxygen Linkage in YB2Cu3O6.9 and CuGeO3; T. Ida, et al. Index. List of Participants.