Series Introduction / Allen M. Hermann -- 1. Discovery and Progress in Bi-Based Oxide High-T[subscript c] Superconductors / Hiroshi Maeda -- 2. Crystal Structure / Shigeo Horiuchi and Eiji Takayama-Muromachi -- 3. Thermal and Magnetic Properties / Gilles Triscone and Alain Junod -- 4. Tunneling / T. Hasegawa, M. Nantoh, M. Ogino and K. Kitazawa -- 5. Phases and Their Relationships in the Bi-Pb-Sr-Co-Cu-O System / Jun Takada, Yasunori Ikeda and Mikio Takano -- 6. Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry of the High-Temperature Superconducting Compounds of the System Bi[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]-SrO-CaO-CuO / Peter J. Majewski -- 7. Intrinsic Pinning / Masashi Tachiki and Saburo Takahashi -- 8. Radiation Effects / Yukio Kazumata, Satoru Okayasu and Hiroaki Kumakura -- 9. Preparation of Precursor Powders / S. Yoshizawa, M. Satoh and S. Haseyama -- 10. Preparation of Single Crystals / T. Mochiku -- 11. Diffusion Reaction in Bi-Based Oxides / K. Tachikawa, M. Satoh and Y. Hishinuma -- 12. Bi-Based Superconductor Fabricated by the Floating-Zone Method / Kazuo Michishita, Yumi H. Ikuhara and Yukio Kubo -- 13. Bi-Based Bulk Current Leads and Their Applications / Yutaka Yamada -- 14. Powder-in-Tube Bi-2223 Ag-Sheathed Tape: Basic Process, Microstructure and Critical Current Density / Yutaka Yamada -- 15. Thermodynamics, Microstructure, and Critical Current Density in Bi,Pb(2223) Tapes / R. Flukiger, G. Grasso, B. Hensel, M. Daumling, R. Gladyshevskii, A. Jeremie, J. C. Grivel and A. Perin -- 16. Manufacture and Properties of Bi-2212-Based Ag-Sheathed Wires / Johannes Tenbrink and Helmut Krauth -- 17. Bi-2212 Ag-Sheathed Wire / M. Mimura -- 18. Properties of Bi-2212 Silver-Sheathed Tape and Its Application to Magnets / Seiji Hayashi, Kazuyuki Shibutani, Takashi Hase, Rikuo Ogawa and Yoshio Kawate -- 19. Melt Processing Bi[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]CaCu[subscript 2]O[subscript 8]Conductors: The Influence of Oxygen on Phase Relations in the Melt / E. E. Hellstrom and W. Zhang -- 20. Bi-2212/Ag Composite Tapes Processed by Doctor-Blade or Dip-Coating Process / Hiroaki Kumakura -- 21. Coils, Power Leads, Busbars, and Cables / K. Sato, K. Ohkura, K. Hayashi, T. Hikata, T. Kaneko, T. Kato, M. Ueyama, J. Fujikami, K. Muranaka, S. Kobayashi and N. Saga -- 22. Fabrication and Characterizations of HTSC Coils Made from Bi-2223 Conductors / U. Balachandran, A. N. Iyer, P. Haldar, J. G. Hoehn, Jr. and L. R. Motowidlo -- 23. MOCVD Growth of High-Quality Bi-2223 Superconducting Films / K. Endo -- 24. Structure and Properties of Bi[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]Ca[subscript n-1]Cu[subscript n]O[subscript 2n+4] Films Prepared by Sequential Sputter Deposition / Takeshi Hatano and Keikichi Nakamura -- 25. Layer by-Layer Growth of Bi-Based Superlattices by Molecular Beam Epitaxy / Masao Nakao -- 26. Basic Properties for BSCCO Devices / I. Iguchi -- 27. Future Prospects / Kazumasa Togano and Hiroshi Maeda.