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We propose to study the influence of selected interface materials on the electronic properties of
quasi-2D FeCh (Ch = Se, Te) systems.
Our motivation is the recently discovered but unexplained superconducting phase at high
temperatures ~100K in tensile strained FeSe on SrTiO3, one order of magnitude higher than in
bulk FeSe.
Thin FeCh layers will be grown by molecular beam epitaxy on selected substrates (bottom
interfaces) ranging from semiconductors, to normal (fluorides and oxides) and topological
insulators, all with particular electrical properties and different lattice constants, causing different
interface charge transfers and FeCh tensile strains.
We will characterize structure, magnetism, and electronic properties of FeCh sample systems
among others by scanning tunneling microscopy, magnetotransport, magneto-optical methods,
and photoelectron spectroscopy.
As a second concept we would like to explore the potential of oxide overlayer growth (top
interfaces), which - from application points of view - is of interest as passivation layers on FeCh
for future ex-situ devices.
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