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Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Monolayers on Ta(001) Surfaces
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 13, Number 4, 31 Dec 2008, Pages 140-143
Abstract
The magnetic and structural properties of transition metal (Mn, Fe, Co) monolayers on Ta(001) surfaces are investigated theoretically by using the first principles full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method. Mn and Fe monolayers become ferromagnetic on Ta(001) surfaces while Co monolayers becomes non-magnetic. The paramagnetism of Co monolayers is explained by the Stoner theory of magnetism. The magnetic coupling of a transition metal overlayer with a substrate is ascribed to the orbital hybridization between the s and d orbitals of the transition metal.
Keywords: transition metal; magnetism; surface magnetism; Ta
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2008.13.4.140
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