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Detection of Surface States in Quantum Materials ZrTe2 and TmB4 by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

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Ale Crivillero,  Maria Victoria
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Souza,  Jean C.
Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Hasse,  Vicky
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Schmidt,  Marcus
Marcus Schmidt, Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Wirth,  Steffen
Steffen Wirth, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Ale Crivillero, M. V., Souza, J. C., Hasse, V., Schmidt, M., Shitsevalova, N., Gabáni, S., et al. (2023). Detection of Surface States in Quantum Materials ZrTe2 and TmB4 by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Condensed Matter, 8(1): 9, pp. 1-12. doi:10.3390/condmat8010009.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-A349-A
Abstract
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy (STM/S), with its exceptional surface sensitivity and exquisite energy resolution, is well suited for the investigation of surface states down to atomic length scales. As such, it became an essential tool to probe the surface states of materials, including those with non-trivial topology. One challenge, however, can be the preparation of clean surfaces which allow the study of preferably unchanged surface properties with respect to the bulk amount. Here, we report on the STM/S of two materials, ZrTe2 and TmB4. The former cleaves easily and defects can be examined in detail. However, our STS data can only qualitatively be compared to the results of band structure calculations. In the case of TmB4, the preparation of suitable surfaces is highly challenging, and atomically flat surfaces (likely of B-termination) were only encountered rarely. We found a large density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level EF and a mostly featureless differential conductance near EF. Further efforts are required to relate our results to the electronic structure predicted by ab initio calculations.