Ab initio investigations of magnetic properties of ultrathin transition ...
Ab initio investigations of magnetic properties of ultrathin transition ...
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The last chapter, Chapter 6 , <strong>of</strong> the thesis, describes the analysis <strong>of</strong> the <strong>magnetic</strong><br />
<strong>properties</strong> <strong>of</strong> Co as two-dimensional monolayer and as single atomic chain on hexagonally<br />
terminated 4d-TMs substrates. Co was selected because <strong>of</strong> its well-known large <strong>magnetic</strong><br />
anisotropy in case <strong>of</strong> other substrates such as Pt. We found that Co, similar to Fe, might<br />
change its <strong>magnetic</strong> state from the FM to the AFM order, if the substrate moves across the<br />
4d <strong>transition</strong>-metal series from late to the early ones. We calculated the magnetocrystalline<br />
anisotropy <strong>of</strong> the FM Co and Fe monolayers on hexaganally terminated 4d-TMs substrates.<br />
We found that the magnetocrystalline anisotropy <strong>of</strong> Co is much more effected by the<br />
presence <strong>of</strong> the substrate than Fe. As a case <strong>of</strong> study, the MCA <strong>of</strong> a Co atomic chain on<br />
micr<strong>of</strong>aceted Rh〈111〉 is analyzed. We compared our results to the previous study <strong>of</strong> Co<br />
chains on Pt〈111〉 [151], and found that relaxations play a crucial role in order to determine<br />
an easy axis <strong>of</strong> the magnetization consistent with the experimental results, because strong<br />
relaxations lead to strong reduction in the Co orbital moments, which influences decisively<br />
the direction <strong>of</strong> the magnetization’s easy axis. Including the relaxations we found that the<br />
easy axis <strong>of</strong> the magnetization changes from out-<strong>of</strong>-plane in case <strong>of</strong> a monolayer to in-plane<br />
for the atomic chain.<br />
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