High temperature superconductivity is still one of the most discussed topicsin physics. "The Physics and Chemistry of Oxide Superconductors " collects together more than one hundred original contributions presented during the 2nd International Symposium of the Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo. The main topics cover new insights into the basic mechanism of high temperature superconductivity, recent developments of new superconducting materials, the state of the art of thin film production,theoretical understanding of the electronic structures in this kind of material, theories for strongly correlated electron systems, and many physical and chemical effects.

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I Materials.- Material Design of CuO2Layered Superconductors.- Design of High-Tc Oxide Superconductors.- Ultrathin Films and Superlattices of High Temperature Superconducting Oxides.- Semiempirical Search for Oxide Superconductors Based on Bond Valence Sums.- Copper Based Superconductors by the Combination of Blocking and Mediating Layers.- New Copper-Oxide Higher Tc Structure Model Based on Image Processing Analysis of Electron Microscope Photographs.- Annealing Effect on Superconductivity of La2CuO4 Single Crystals.- Some Properties of La2?xSrxNiO4 (x=0 to 0.3) Single Crystals.- Growth of Large Single Crystals of YBa2Cu3O6+x, and Their Magnetic Excitations Studied by Neutron Scattering.- Crystal Structures of La2Sr6Cu8O18?? (? = 0.4 and 2.0).- Preparation, Critical Magnetic Field, and Structural Phase Transition in Ba1?xRbxBiO3.- Misfit Strain Relaxation in Lattice-Mismatched YBa2Cu3O7??/MgO Heterostructures.- Structure of Ultra Thin Film of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Formed by Low Temperature MBE.- Synthesis and Properties of Bi2Sr2Can?1CunO2n+4 Superconducting Thin Films Based on the Parent Structure of Layered Ca(Sr)CuO2.- Characterization of YBaCuO Films Deposited by the Sputtering Method Using a Temple-Bell-Type Substrate Holder.- Atomic Layer Control in Cuprate-Based Ceramic Superlattices.- A New Fabrication Process for YBa2Cu4O8 Superconducting Filaments by the Solution Spinning Method Under Ambient Pressure.- II Electronic States and Spectroscopy.- Model Hamiltonian Parameters from Ab Initio Calculations.- Electronic Structure in Superconducting Copper Oxides.- Photoemission Studies of Oxide Superconductors.- Normal State Electronic Structure of High-Tc Superconducting Cuprates Deduced from Optical Measurements.- Electronic States in Finite Clusters of the d-p Model and Its Effective Hamiltonian.- Electronic States and Charge Fluctuation on the CuO2-2D Lattice.- A Model for Cuprate Superconductors.- Self-Consistent Analysis of Hole Doped YBa2Cu3O7 by Density-Functional Pseudopotential Band Calculation.- Electronic States of the One-Dimensional Two-Band Model.- Angle-Resolved Photoemission and Inverse Photoemission Study of Bi2Sr2Ca1?xYxCu2O8 (x=0.0 and 0.6).- Evidence of Local Singlet State in NaCuO2 from Cu 2p X-Ray Photoemission and Photoabsorption Spectra.- Polarized Cu LIII Absorption Study of Bi2Sr2Ca1?xYxCu2O8 (x=0.0 and 0.6).- Photoemission Study of Single Crystal BaPb1?xBixO3.- De Haas-van Alphen Effect in YBa2Cu3O7.- Tunneling Characteristics of La2?xSrxCuO4?y/Metal Contacts.- Optical Properties and Electronic States of High-Tc Cuprates and Their Related Compounds.- Cu-O Bond Length Dependence of Optical Properties in T'-Phase Single Crystals.- Spins and Phonons in Doped High-Tc Superconductors Observed by Raman Scattering.- III Lattice Properties and Pressure Effects.- Pressure Dependence of Tc in High-Tc Superconductors.- Temperature Dependence of Orthorhombic Distortion in Oxide Superconductors.- Lattice Instabilities and Superconductivity in La2?x(Ba,Sr)xCuO4.- On the Possible Mechanism of the Successive Structural Transitions of La2?xBaxCuO4.- Transport Properties in the Low Temperature Phase of La1.875Ba0.125CuO4 Under Pressure.- Elastic Anomaly of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 Single Crystal at the Structural Phase Transition.- Ultrasonic Studies in La2?x(Ba,Sr)xCuO4.- Model Calculation of the Anisotropic Shielding Effect and Infrared Anomaly of High-Tc Superconducting Oxides.- Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Resistivity of Nd2?xCexCuO4?y.- Phonons in the High-Tc Superconductor Nd2?xCexCuO4.- Effect of Uniaxial Stress on the Superconductivity of Grain-Aligned Composites of High-Tc Superconductors.- The Effect of Pressure up to 8 GPa on Tc for Oxide Superconductors.- High-Pressure Spectroscopy of Cu-0 Vibrational Modes in High-Tc Superconductors and Related Layered Compounds.- IV Carrier Dynamics and Doping Effects.- The Hall Effect and Magnetoresistance of the High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors.- Universal Transport Anomaly in the 1-2-3 System with Reduced Carrier Density.- The Effect of Reduction on the Hall Effect in Nd2?xCexCuO4??.- Logarithmic Temperature Dependence of Normal Resistivity in Nd-Ce-Cu-0 Superconductors.- One-Dimensional Conductivity and Resistivity Anomaly Observed in La8?xSrxCu8O20 Single Crystals.- Superconductivity of the Nd1+xBa2?xCu3O7?? and Nd1?xPrxBa2Cu3O7?? Systems.- Transport and Magnetic Properties of Pb2Sr2Y1?xCaxCu3O8+?.- Coefficient of Electronic Specific Heat in (La1?xMx)2CuO4 (M = Ba, Sr).- Specific Heat Study of Ba2YCu3Oy (6 < y < 7) and Ba2Y(Cu1?xMx)3Oy (M = Zn, Ni, and Al).- Cadmium Substitution in the Sr or Ca Sites in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.- The Effect on Tc of a Random Potential at the Sr Site in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy.- Superconductivity and Sr-Doping Effects in La2?xCa1+xCu2O6?x/2+?.- Effect of Hydrogen Absorption on the Transport Properties of YBa2Cu3O6.9 and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y.- Oxygen Partial Pressure Treatment of the Electron-Doped Superconductor (Nd0.92Ce0.08)2CuO4??.- Photo-Induced Carrier Dynamics of YBa2Cu3O7?? Thin Films.- V Spin Dynamics and Magnetism.- The Dynamic Spin Susceptibility as a Test for Models of High-Tc Superconductivity.- Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations and Superconductivity in High-Tc Oxides.- Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Cuprate Oxides and Related Compounds.- NMR Study of High-Tc Superconductors.- NMR Studies in the Normal State of YBa2Cu3O6+x.- NMR Study of Over-Doped and Superconducting Tl2Ba2CuOy.- NMR Spectra and Relaxation of 205T1 in the Tl2Ba2CuO6??(2201) High-Tc Superconductor.- Anomaly of Cu NQR Transverse Relaxation in YBa2Cu3O7??.- Absence of Superconductivity and 2D Antiferromagnetic Correlation in (La1?xSrx)2NiO4 with Spin 1/2.- Magnetism of Bi2Sr2Can?1CunO2n+4+? (n = 1,2,3).- Magnetic and Electric Properties of GdBa2Cu3Oy.- Indirect Exchange Interaction Among Gd in GdBa2(Cu1?xMx)3Oy (M = Ni, Co).- Hole-Doping Effects on the Magnetic Properties of the La4Ba2Cu2O10 Ferromagnet.- Magnetic Properties of Pr1+xBa2?xCu3O7?y (0 Model.- Perturbation Theory and Singularities in the 2D Hubbard Model.- Marginal Fermi Liquid Theory and Renormalization Effects.- Simple-Decoupling Treatment of High-Tc Superconductors.- Stabilization of Generalized Flux States on the 3-Dimensional Lattice.- Some Properties of Anyons.- Gauge Theory of Holes in High Temperature Superconductors.- Braid Group and Anyons on an Annulus and a Torus.- The Spectrum and the Quantum Hall Effect on the Square Lattice with Next-Nearest-Neighbor Hopping: Statistics of Holons and Spinons in the t-J Model.- Exact Correlation Exponents of Luttinger Liquids in One Dimension.- Negative-U Superconductivity due to an Auxiliary Band near the Fermi Energy.- Filamentary Superconductivity Along a Domain Boundary in the Two-Dimensional Electron-Spin Model.- Superconductive Pair Potential Studied by Optical Spectra of High-Tc Cuprates.- VII Superconducting Properties.- The Effect of Thermodynamic Fluctuations on the Properties of Untwinned Crystals of YBa2Cu3O7??.- Pair Breaking Interaction and Superconducting Fluctuation Above Tc.- Superconducting Fluctuation in Hall and Diagonal Conductivities in YBa2Cu3O7??.- Very Large Anisotropy in Lightly Doped Superconducting La2?xSrxCuO4.- Flux Dynamics and Dissipation…