We have observed a sharp peak (100%) in the in-plane resistivity r ab just above T c , in Bi-2212 crystals, in agreement with previous results from Han et al. who attributed this anomaly to the ªquasi-reentrant behaviourº already observed for polycrystalline samples. This explanation is very likely unadapted to these crystals and we propose another one related to a model we had used to fit r c T curves for Bi-2212 underdoped crystals, namely, an increase of the Fermi level (hole-filling) with decreasing temperature, above T c , probably due to a change in the Bi±O or Cu±O bonds. A previously reported c-axis lattice anomaly, occurring in the same temperature range, is most probably related to this bonding alteration.Nous avons observe Â, pour des cristaux de Bi-2212, un pic intense (100%) de re  sistivite  r ab (dans le plan des feuillets). Ceci est en accord avec des re  sultats ante  rieurs de Han et al. qui ont atttribue  l'anomalie en question au comportement ªquasi-re  entrantº caracte  ristique des e  chantillons polycristallins. Cette interpre  tation ne nous semble pas pertinente dans le cas de nos cristaux et nous proposons une autre origine (d'apre Á s un mode Á le que nous avions utilise  pour ajuster les courbes r c T de cristaux de Bi-2212 sous-dope  s) base  e sur une e  le  vation du niveau de Fermi lorsque la tempe  rature de  croõ Ãt (au-dessus de T c ). D'autres auteurs constatent par ailleurs une variation du parame Á tre de maille c, qui se produit dans la me à me gamme de tempe  rature. Ces deux phe  nome Á nes sont probablement lie  s a Á une modification des liaisons Bi±O ou Cu±O.
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