Electronic and magnetic structures of Ni/Fe(001) overlayers: first-principles study

被引:5
作者
Shawagfeh, NT [1 ]
Khalifeh, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Jordan, Dept Phys, Amman 11942, Jordan
关键词
TB-LMTO ASA; Ni; magnetic overlayers; Fe;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4526(02)00854-2
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The electronic and magnetic structures are calculated for the Ni/Fe(001) overlayer system within the local-density approximation using the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation. Magnetic moment calculations of Ni/Fe-n/Ni for n=(1, 3,5,7,9, 11) monolayers (ML) show that the coupling at the interface is ferromagnetic. The average value of the Fe magnetic moment is slightly enhanced as compared to its bulk value, and bulk Fe can be represented by at least 9 ML. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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