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    Floating Zone Growth of Pure and Pb-Doped Bi-2201 Crystals
    (Basel : MDPI, 2024) Roslova, Maria; Büchner, Bernd; Maljuk, Andrey
    In this review, we summarize recent progress in crystal growth and understanding of the influence of crystal structure on superconductivity in pure and Pb-doped Bi2Sr2CuOy (Bi-2201) materials belonging to the overdoped region of high-temperature cuprate superconductors. The crystal growth of Bi-2201 superconductors faces challenges due to intricate materials chemistry and the lack of knowledge of corresponding phase diagrams. Historically, a crucible-free floating zone method emerged as the most promising growth approach for these materials, resulting in high-quality single crystals. This review outlines the described methods in the literature and the authors’ synthesis endeavors encompassing Pb-doped Bi-2201 crystals, provides a detailed structural characterization of as-grown and post-growth annealed samples, and highlights optimal growth conditions that yield large-size, single-phase, and compositionally homogeneous Bi-2201 single crystals.
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    Phase equilibrium diagram of Y-Cu-Sb system at 870 K
    (Ivano-Frankivsʹk : Fizyko-chimičnyj instytut DVNZ "Prykarpatsʹkyj nacionalʹnyj universytet imeni Vasylja Stefanyka", 2023) Romaka, L.; Stadnyk, Yu.; Romaka, V.V.; Zelinskiy, A.; Klyzub, P.; Horyn, A.
    The interaction of the components in the Y-Cu-Sb ternary system was investigated using the methods of X-ray phase analysis, microstructure, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in the whole concentration range at 870 K. At the temperature of investigation Y-Cu-Sb system is characterized by the formation of three ternary compounds: Y3Cu22Sb9 (Dy3Cu20+xSb11-x structure type, space group F-43m, a=1.6614(3) nm), Y3Cu3Sb4 (Y3Au3Sb4 structure type, space group I-43d, а = 0.95357(5) nm), YCuSb2 (HfCuSi2 structure type, space group P4/nmm, a = 0.42580(1), c = 0.98932(3) nm). The solubility of copper in the binary compound YSb (NaCl structure type) extends up to 8 at. %.