In this talk, I will introduce several works done with the combined system to demonstrate the strong power of the combination. With help of STM, artificial cluster crystals, i.e. a periodical array of identical nanoclusters can be grown with precise control. Atomically flat Pb thin films, stanene etc. can be grown with MBE and studied with STM. In Pb films on Si(111), we found quantum well states (QWS) form due to the electronic confinement in the film normal direction and novel properties induced by QWS. We also found high quality topological insulator films can be grown with MBE. Standing waves and Landau levels were observed with low temperature STM and demonstrated the existing of the topological surface states and the prohibition of backward-scattering. Topological insulator/superconductor hetero structures are also fabricated for exploring Majorana fermions.
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