Figure 1

Growth of BSCCO whiskers. (a) Photograph of an amorphous BSCCO shard. (b) Photograph of grown whiskers on the shard following the annealing. (Inset) Single whisker. Scale - 1 sq. grid = 1 cm². (c) SEM image of grown whiskers. (d) Optical image of device fabricated to measure electronic properties of exfoliated BSCCO thin flakes (D1).