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Based on our previous work, we have systematically investigated the molecular beam epitaxy growth of single unit-cell FeSe films on SrTiO3(001) substrates and studied the surface morphology by scanning tunneling microscopy. We found that there are three key steps to obtain large-scale uniform one unit-cell superconducting FeSe films. First, the STO(001) substrates should be treated by HCl etching and thermal annealing under oxygen flux so that a specific TiO2-terminated STO(001) surface with well-defined step-terrace structure could be obtained. Second, the Fe and Se fluxes and substrate temperature have to be controlled delicately. At last, post-growth annealing is also critical, which can remove extra Se adatoms, and more importantly facilitate the necessary electron transfer for superconductivity transition.
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Keywords:
- SrTiO3(001) /
- single unit-cell FeSe films /
- high temperature superconductivity /
- molecular beam epitaxy
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[3] Saint-James D, de Gennes P G 1963 Phys. Lett. 7 306
[4] Ginzburg V L 1964 Phys. Lett. 13 101
[5] Wang L L, Ma X C, Chen X, Xue Q K 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 086801
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