Scanning tunneling microscopy of Bi${}_2$Te${}_3$ films prepared by pulsed laser deposition: from nanocrystalline structures to van der Waals epitaxy

N. I. Fedotov, A. A. Maizlakh, V. V. Pavlovskiy +2

Bi${}_2$Te${}_3$ is a material with high efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion. Recently, it was also recognized as a topological insulator, and is often used as the basis for…