The electrical field effect of highly resistive BiSrCaCuO granular thi
n films was studied. In order to form a uniform granular structure, Bi
SrCaCuO thin films where deposited on SrTiO3(110) substrates. When the
films have relatively high room-temperature sheet resistance, the ins
ulating transition at low temperatures and the charging effect are obs
erved, which may be due to the single-electron tunneling effect in tun
neling effect in the array of small intergrain junctions.