Growth and properties of large area Bi2+xSr2-xCuO6+y single crystals

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Abstract

Large area (up to 2 cm2) thin (10-100 μm) single crystals of Bi2+xSr2-xCuO6+y ("2201") were grown using a self-flux technique. These crystals grow with the c-axis perpendicular to their platelet-like surface, with a cation composition, as determined by wavelength dispersive X-ray analysis (WDXA), strongly deficient in Sr. Their transport properties, which rank from semiconducting/insulating or metallic to superconducting, can be altered by changing the growth ambient (either N2, air or O2) as well as by choosing different annealing treatments. © 1991.

Journal

Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications

Volume

175

Year of Publication

1991

ISSN

09214534

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