1. Introductory statement

   • Stuart A. Wolf
   • Donald U. Gubser

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Interfacial phenomena and microstructural connectivity in explosively fabricated Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductors

   • L. E. Murr
   • T. Monson
   • A. W. Hare

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 19

3. Sample preparation of YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ for high-resolution electron microscopy

   • H. W. Zandbergen
   • C. Hetherington
   • R. Gronsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 34

4. Optical differentiation of orthorhombic superconductors such as YBa₂Cu₃O₇ from their tetragonal precursor material

   • H. A. Hoff
   • A. K. Singh
   • C. S. Pande

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 44

5. Processing of single-phase ceramic 123 YBaCu-oxide superconductor by hot pressing

   • R. K. Pandey
   • G. R. Gilbert
   • P. J. Squattrito

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 52

6. Thermoelectric power measurements of YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ up to 950°C and their application to test the band structure near E_F

   • B. Fisher
   • J. Genossar
   • J. Ashkenazi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 61

7. d-Hole localization and the suppression of superconductivity in YBa₂(Cu_1-xZn_x)₃O_7−y

   • Chan -Soo Jee
   • D. Nichols
   • R. P. Guertin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 80

8. Low-Field microwave measurements of YBa₂Cu₃O_7−x near the superconducting transition temperature

   • R. Karim
   • S. A. Oliver
   • P. Paroli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 87

9. Plasmons and phonons in anisotropic systems and their effect on high-T_c superconductivity

   • V. Z. Kresin
   • H. Morawitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 110

10. Analysis of electronic structure and charge density of the high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O₇

    • Henry Krakauer
    • Warren E. Pickett
    • Ronald E. Cohen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 141

11. Effects of the structure of the Fermi surface on the normal and superconducting parameters of the high-T_c oxide superconductors

    • V. Z. Kresin
    • S. A. Wolf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 151