High quality PdTe<sub>2</sub> thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy<xref rid="cpb_27_8_086804fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_8_086804fn1"><label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61390501, 61622116, and 61471337), the Science Fund from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Grant Nos. XDPB0601 and XDPB0801), the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, and the Beijing Nova Program (Grant No. Z181100006218023).</p></fn>

High quality PdTe₂ thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy* *

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61390501, 61622116, and 61471337), the Science Fund from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Grant Nos. XDPB0601 and XDPB0801), the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, and the Beijing Nova Program (Grant No. Z181100006218023).

Li En¹, Zhang Rui-Zi¹, Li Hang¹, Liu Chen², Li Geng¹, Wang Jia-Ou², Qian Tian¹, Ding Hong¹, Zhang Yu-Yang¹, Du Shi-Xuan¹, Lin Xiao^{1, †}, Gao Hong-Jun^{1, ‡}

(color online) Air stability of PdTe₂ thin film. (a) STM topographic image (−1.6 V, 0.1 nA) of sample after being exposed to air, showing clean and smooth surface. Inset shows a sharp and clean LEED pattern of PdTe₂ film on graphene substrate after being exposed to air. (b) Atomically resolved STM image (−787 mV, 1.6 nA) taken on a flat PdTe₂ terrace in panel (a).