Dumbbell Defects in FeSe Films: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and First-Principles Investigation

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4224-4229

  Huang, Dennis ^a   Webb, Tatiana A ^a,b   Song, Can Li ^a,e   Chang, Cui Zu ^c,d   Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^c   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^a   Hoffman, Jennifer E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

defects; density functional theory; iron based superconductors; molecular beam epitaxy; scanning tunneling microscopy; thin films

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LITHOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; VACANCIES;

ATOMIC DEFECTS; ATOMIC SCALE; CHEMICAL IDENTITY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS; NANOSCALE PATTERNING; PARENT PHASE; RICH CONDITIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84978758069     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01163     Document Type: Article

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