MBE is our method of choice for creating exotic single-crystal, thin film materials (insulating, metallic, semiconducting, magnetic, topological… you name it!). Using this technique, we can atomically control and engineer different material heterostructures. To accomplish such a feat, we require very pure vacuum environments to grow in. Even more fascinating is that we can monitor the growth in-situ with a phenomenal technique called RHEED to observe when an atomic layer begins growing and when it finishes in real time! The combination of MBE and RHEED allow our lab to engineer new materials at the atomic level.
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