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The Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) technique has been used to grow epitaxial, single-phase BSCCO films of
both the 2201 and the 2212 phase. The possibility to introduce in the BSCCO structure ions different from
the basic constituent ones by simply adding new elements to the melt has been explored. The effects on the
c-lattice parameter of Ba and Pb doping in the 2212 BSCCO structure, and of Ca doping in the 2201
structure have been determined.
1. INTRODUCTION
Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) has been recently
used 1'2 to grow high quality films of the high-To
BSCCO superconductor with nominal composition
Bi2Sr2Cal.xCU2.xOy ( x = 0, 1). With the choice of a
suitable substrate 1-3'4, the films obtained are truly
epitaxial. The mosaic spread is about 0.1" and the
thickness of about 1-2 lam.
In a recent paper5 we reported on the effects on
the film stoichiometry and c-lattice constant of
varying the molar ratios of the BSCCO constituent
oxides in the LPE growth melt. We showed that it is
possible to change the relative content of the 2201,
2212 and 2223 BSCCO phases in the film by
increasing or decreasing the relative content of Ca
and Cu in the melt. In particular, suitable melt
compositions lead to the growth of single-phase
2201 or 2212 BSCCO films. It is also possible, within
the 2212 phase, to vary the ratio of Ca to Sr content;
these changes of stoichiometry affect the c-lattice
parameter of the film, which was found to decrease
linearly with Ca content.
In this paper we report on the possibility to grow
dooed BSCCO films with the LPE technique. We will
show that it is possible to incorporate in the BSCCO
structure other elements than the standard
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are
Tab. I. Melt composition, film composition, c-lattice parameter, critical temperature To and growth temperature T~
for some selected films
Sample N.
SF43-1
S F48-2
SF74-1
SF68-1
S F51 - 1
SF51-2
SF52-2
SF51-3
SF54-2
SF30-1
SF32-2
SF50-1
Melt comp.
2223
2223
2146 + 1 Ba
2223 + 0.4 Ba
2246
2246
2246
2246
2269
(1.3,0.7)21 2
(1.3,0.7)21 2
(1.3,0.7)246
Film composition
c (A)
To(K)
T~('C)
Bi22sSr189Cao.84Cu2
o2
30.95
82
830
Bi2.16Sr184Cal .oTCu192
30.82
30.80
30.81
30.75
30.71
30.69
30.68
30.60
30.74
30.81
30.73
79
53
84.5
80
80
79
77
60
76
70
69
820
845
810
810
810
830
845
820
830
826
800
Bi2.17Srl.48Bao.2oCal.14Cu2.o~
Bi2 leSr~ 72Bao.o3Cal.o2Cu2.os
Bi2.26Srls4Ca1.200u 1.9e
Bi213Sq.s2Ca126Cu2.oo
Bi223Srl 56Cal.2,Cu195
Bi2 ~sSq.s6Ca1.260u2.02
Bi2.19Srl.s3Ca1.44Cul.es
Bi2.osPbo19Sq.7oCao93Cu212
Bil.82Pbo.38Srl
9oCao.9oCu2.oo
Bil 8oPbo4oSrl.72Cal loCu196
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<
30.9
I-i
30.8
CA
30.7
30.6
0.'8
1.'0
l .'2
x (a.f.u.)
1.4'
FIGURE 1
Behavior of the c-lattice parameter of the epitaxial
films vs X (Ca afu) for non-substituted (open circles)
and Pb-doped (full circles) films.
0
--
o
0
4
0
0
<3
v
~
C 2
O
o
O
0
I
2O
30
2 0 ( )
40
FIGURE 2
X-ray spectrum of a Ca-substituted 2201, single
phase BSCCO film.
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