Figure 3: STM differential conductance versus bias-voltage spectra on control samples of PCCO/STO and Au/PCCO/STO at 4.2 K.

(a) Typical STM spectra at 4.2 K for PCCO/STO with schematic of the sample structure (inset i) and STM topography (inset ii; the scale bar has a length of 0.5 nm). (b) Typical STM spectra at 4.2 K for Au/PCCO/STO (Au is 10-nm-thick) with schematic of the sample structure (inset iii) and STM topography (inset iv; the scale bar has a length of 0.5 nm). (c,d) Average ZBCP amplitudes for SLG/PCCO/STO (black shaded curve) and Au (green shaded curve) and Ag (red shaded curve) microislands on SLG/PCCO/STO (c) with corresponding schematics shown in (d) where the hexagonal lattice represents SLG.