| Abstract: | The polytypoidic structures in the Bi-system of superconductors characterized by X-ray, electron diffraction and TEM technique are described. A strong incommensurate modulated diffraction was observed by these methods in the 2223-phase. In addition, we revealed the Laue streaks for the one-dimensional disorder, the banded structure perpendicular to the c-axis. We suppose that the intergrowth is an indication of the displacement in the Bi-O layers. It is evident that the polytypoidic concept allows us to describe the structure and physical properties of these superconducting phases in a unified manner. So it is shown that the polytypoidism is a general feature of the Bi-system materials. |
