Molecular beam epitaxy of bilayer Bi(111) films on topological insulator Bi 2Te 3: A scanning tunneling microscopy study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Mu ^a,b   Peng, Jun Ping ^a   Zhang, Hui Min ^a   Wang, Li Li ^a   He, Ke ^a   Ma, Xu Cun ^a   Xue, Qi Kun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-BENDING EFFECTS; BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER FILMS; DIRAC POINT; ELECTRON DONORS; ENERGY-BAND DIAGRAM; GROWTH MODE CHANGE; IN-SITU SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPIES; LOCAL WORK FUNCTION; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 84865521948     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4747715     Document Type: Article

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