GROWING A PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE SUPERCONDUCTOR CRYSTAL-SURFACE BY ELECTROCRYSTALLIZATION

Authors
ZHENG XG TAIRA M SUZUKI M XU CN
Citation
Xg. Zheng et al., GROWING A PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE SUPERCONDUCTOR CRYSTAL-SURFACE BY ELECTROCRYSTALLIZATION, Applied physics letters, 72(10), 1998, pp. 1155-1157
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
72
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1155 - 1157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1998)72:10<1155:GAPMOT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A novel microstructure is formed on the single crystal surfaces of the oxide superconductor Ba0.6K0.4BiO3 (BKBO). Micron-sized barium island s periodically grew on the mother crystal during electrocrystallizatio n of BKBO. Experimental analysis suggested the relation of this unusua l microstructure to the Liesegang rings well-known for a crystal growt h in gels. The present discovery provides a potential technology for f abricating microstructures on substrates of solids. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(98)00510-5].