APPEARANCE OF SURFACE MAGNETIC-MOMENTS ON VANADIUM THIN-FILMS AND SENSITIVITY TO CONTAMINATION

被引:44
作者
BINNS, C
DERBYSHIRE, HS
BAYLISS, SC
NORRIS, C
机构
[1] CITY LEICESTER POLYTECH,DEPT PHYS,LEICESTER LE1 9BH,ENGLAND
[2] LOUGHBOROUGH UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 3TU,LEICS,ENGLAND
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 01期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.45.460
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Photoelectron spectroscopy with use of synchrotron radiation shows the appearance of satellite structure in the 3s core-level spectra of freshly evaporated vanadium films on graphite. The structure is more prominent relative to the main 3s peak in islanded films, from which a greater proportion of the signal is from the surface and the features are interpreted as due to 3s electrons from multiplet split core levels in surface atoms possessing a magnetic moment. The weaker 3S component rapidly fades in an ambient pressure of 2 x 10(-11) mbar, showing that the magnetic moment is extremely sensitive to contamination. This may help to resolve the recent controversy surrounding the existence of surface magnetic moments on vanadium.
引用
收藏
页码:460 / 463
页数:4
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]   APPEARANCE OF MAGNETIC-MOMENTS IN HYPERFINE PARTICLES OF VANADIUM METAL [J].
AKOH, H ;
TASAKI, A .
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 1977, 42 (03) :791-795
[2]   CONDITION FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A PERMANENT MAGNETIC-MOMENT NEAR TRANSITION-METAL SURFACES [J].
ALLAN, G .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1979, 19 (09) :4774-4779
[3]   SYNCHROTRON RADIATION STUDY OF SILVER AND CHROMIUM PARTICLES SUPPORTED ON GRAPHITE [J].
BINNS, C ;
BAYLISS, SC ;
DERBYSHIRE, HS .
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK D-ATOMS MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS, 1991, 20 (1-4) :391-394
[4]   FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM OF 3D-METAL OVERLAYERS ON METALS [J].
BLUGEL, S ;
WEINERT, M ;
DEDERICHS, PH .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 60 (11) :1077-1080
[5]   MANY-ELECTRON SINGULARITY IN X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION AND X-RAY LINE SPECTRA FROM METALS [J].
DONIACH, S ;
SUNJIC, M .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS PART C SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 1970, 3 (02) :285-&
[6]   MINORITY-SPIN STATES FOR V AND MN ON AG(111) BY INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION [J].
DRUBE, W ;
HIMPSEL, FJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1987, 35 (08) :4131-4133
[7]   EXPERIMENTAL PROBE FOR THIN-FILM MAGNETISM IN P(1X1) PD AND V ON AG(100) [J].
FINK, RL ;
BALLENTINE, CA ;
ERSKINE, JL ;
ARAYAPOCHET, JA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1990, 41 (14) :10175-10178
[8]   STRONGLY ENHANCED 2D MAGNETISM AT SURFACES AND INTERFACES [J].
FREEMAN, AJ ;
FU, CL .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1987, 61 (08) :3356-3361
[9]   PREDICTION OF STRONGLY ENHANCED TWO-DIMENSIONAL FERROMAGNETIC MOMENTS ON METALLIC OVERLAYERS, INTERFACES, AND SUPERLATTICES [J].
FU, CL ;
FREEMAN, AJ ;
OGUCHI, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1985, 54 (25) :2700-2703
[10]   SPIN ANISOTROPY OF FERROMAGNETIC-FILMS [J].
GAY, JG ;
RICHTER, R .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1986, 56 (25) :2728-2731