Published April 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Processing and characterization of thin films of the one layer phase in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system

  • 1. Materials Dept., College of Engineering, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

Description

This paper reports on thin films in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system which have been synthesized from liquid ethyl hexanoate precursors by spin pyrolysis. The extension of the ternary one-layer phase field into the quaternary system has been determined through the replacement of Sr by Ca in single-phase, c-axis oriented thin films. A significant Ca solubility in the one-layer phase was found, the maximum being around 0.4 per 1 Cu. All one-layer compositions were excess in Bi and deficient in (Sr + Ca) relative to the ideal composition and showed overall cation deficiency. The c lattice parameter and solids temperature were found to vary systematically with composition. The interpretation of the Ca solubility results in terms of Ca doping of the cation-deficient Sr sites and implications regarding the high-Tc Cu-layer phases in the system are discussed

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Subtitle (English)
Ca solubility

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.
Journal Page Range
797-800
ISSN
0002-7820
CODEN
JACTA