“…The BiO rocksalt layers release the internal tensile stress by forming stripes of stretched BiO lattice (distorted (D)-stripes) in the ab plane with low Bi density, variation of the BiO coordination geometry, interstitial oxygen and deviated stoichiometry, that are alternated by Bi rich stripes of undistorted BiO rocksalt lattice (undistorted (U)-stripes). The one-dimensional superstructure of the BiO layer is well established in the literature [6,7,9,11,[13][14][15]. Although various experiments [6,7,11,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] report modulation of the Cu sub lattice mainly along the c-axis, the results disagree on the amplitude and anharmonic character of the modulation.…”