Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O

Chen, C H; Werder, D J; Liou, S H; Chen, H S; Hong, M

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.37.9834

Title: Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O

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We have observed an incommensurate superlattice structure in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system by electron diffraction. The wave vector of the superlattice, q = (0,(1/4.7,1), has an incommensurate component along the b axis and a commensurate component along the c axis. Twist boundaries perpendicular to the c axis, across which the crystallographic a and b axes are rotated 90/sup 0/, are commonly observed in this system.

Authors:: Chen, C H; Werder, D J; Liou, S H; Chen, H S; Hong, M

Publication Date:: Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

Research Org.:: AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 7150922

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 37:16

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; BISMUTH OXIDES; LATTICE PARAMETERS; CALCIUM OXIDES; COPPER OXIDES; STRONTIUM OXIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERLATTICES; ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COHERENT SCATTERING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 360202* - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Structure & Phase Studies; 656100 - Condensed Matter Physics- Superconductivity

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                    Chen, C H, Werder, D J, Liou, S H, Chen, H S, and Hong, M. Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O.  United States: N. p., 1988. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.37.9834.

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                    Chen, C H, Werder, D J, Liou, S H, Chen, H S, & Hong, M. Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.9834

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                    Chen, C H, Werder, D J, Liou, S H, Chen, H S, and Hong, M. 1988.  
        "Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.9834.

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  title        = {Incommensurate superlattice and 90/sup 0/ twist boundaries in the superconducting phase of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O},

  author       = {Chen, C H and Werder, D J and Liou, S H and Chen, H S and Hong, M},

  abstractNote = {We have observed an incommensurate superlattice structure in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system by electron diffraction. The wave vector of the superlattice, q = (0,(1/4.7,1), has an incommensurate component along the b axis and a commensurate component along the c axis. Twist boundaries perpendicular to the c axis, across which the crystallographic a and b axes are rotated 90/sup 0/, are commonly observed in this system.},

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  journal      = {Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)},
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  volume       = 37:16,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},

  month        = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}

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