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Title: The modulation of the monoclinic Bi sub 2 Sr sub 2 CuO sub 6+. delta. phase

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States)
OSTI ID:7000058

A polycrystalline sample of the monoclinic phase Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 6} has been prepared. The displacive modulation, also present in other compounds of the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system, has been investigated by means of both electron diffraction and electron microscopy. The modulation is commensurate but it is affected by a strong instability. Discommensurations produce an incommensurate modulation that, in this sample, does not have a well ordered periodicity; this is likely due to a partial disorder of the excess oxygen atoms. A higher-order superstructure (eightfold), also found in the same preparation, is also affected by discommensurations.

OSTI ID:
7000058
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 98:2; ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English