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Structural morphology of YBa2Cu3O7-x |
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Published in | Journal of Crystal Growth. 1990, vol. 100, no. 3, p. 605-614 | |
Abstract | The structural morphol. of YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) was investigated by application of the periodic bond chain (PBC) theory. For x = 1, the F forms are {001}, {011}, {013}, {112} and {114}. Attachment energies were calcd. in a broken bond model and in an electrostatic point charge model. For x = 1 the theor. growth habit is tabular to platy {001} with {011} as side faces. For x = 0 {010} also becomes an F form. The habit is isometric with large {001} and {011} and small {010} faces. The outermost layer of {001} contains half of the Cu+ (x = 1) or Cu3+ and O2- (x = 0) ions in an ordered arrangement based on a c(2 * 2) quadratic lattice. For the outermost layer of (010) (x = 0) an ordering scheme of the Cu and O ions is proposed. The occurrence of {010} rather than {011} on grown crystals has to be ascribed to external factors. | |
Keywords | Crystal form — Morphol yttrium barium copper oxide crystal | |
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Project | Swiss National Science Foundation: 1989 | |
Citation (ISO format) | SUN, Bing Nan et al. Structural morphology of YBa2Cu3O7-x. In: Journal of Crystal Growth, 1990, vol. 100, n° 3, p. 605-614. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31411 |