%0 Journal Article
%K bismuth compounds
%K Single crystals
%K High temperature superconductors
%K Magnetization
%K Ceramic materials
%K Oxide superconductors
%K Electrons - Diffraction
%K Microscopic Examination - Scanning Electron Microscopy
%K Bismuth Strontium Copper Oxides
%A K Remschnig
%A J.M Tarascon
%A Ramamoorthy Ramesh
%A G.W Hull
%B Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
%D 1991
%G eng
%P 261-268
%R 10.1016/0921-4534(91)90596-Q
%T Growth and properties of large area Bi2+xSr2-xCuO6+y single crystals
%V 175
%X 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.