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

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States)

OSTI ID:7000058

Garcia-Alvarado, F; Moran, E; Alario-Franco, M A ^[1]

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1. Univ. Complutense, Madrid (Spain)

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), Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 98:2; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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& Refractories-- Structure & Phase Studies
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BISMUTH COMPOUNDS
BISMUTH OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
COHERENT SCATTERING
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CRYSTAL LATTICES
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DATA
DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
MICROSCOPY
MONOCLINIC LATTICES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE STUDIES
SCATTERING
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM OXIDES
SYNTHESIS
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