Oxygen Adsorption Induced Superconductivity in Ultrathin FeTe Film on SrTiO3(001)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AFM | Antiferromagnetic |
UC | Unit-Cell |
UHV | Ultrahigh Vacuum |
BE | Binding Energy |
LDOS | Local Density of State |
STO | SrTiO3 |
STM | Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
STS | Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy |
XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
UPS | Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectrometer |
MBE | Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
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Ren, W.; Ru, H.; Peng, K.; Li, H.; Lu, S.; Chen, A.; Wang, P.; Fang, X.; Li, Z.; Huang, R.; et al. Oxygen Adsorption Induced Superconductivity in Ultrathin FeTe Film on SrTiO3(001). Materials 2021, 14, 4584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164584
Ren W, Ru H, Peng K, Li H, Lu S, Chen A, Wang P, Fang X, Li Z, Huang R, et al. Oxygen Adsorption Induced Superconductivity in Ultrathin FeTe Film on SrTiO3(001). Materials. 2021; 14(16):4584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164584
Chicago/Turabian StyleRen, Wei, Hao Ru, Kun Peng, Huifang Li, Shuai Lu, Aixi Chen, Pengdong Wang, Xinwei Fang, Zhiyun Li, Rong Huang, and et al. 2021. "Oxygen Adsorption Induced Superconductivity in Ultrathin FeTe Film on SrTiO3(001)" Materials 14, no. 16: 4584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164584