AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS FOR 3D IMPURITIES ON FE(001) AND NI(001)

Citation
B. Nonas et al., AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS FOR 3D IMPURITIES ON FE(001) AND NI(001), Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 165(1-3), 1997, pp. 137-140
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
165
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
137 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1997)165:1-3<137:ACF3IO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We present ab-initio calculations for the electronic structure of 3d i mpurities on Fe and Ni(001) surfaces. The calculations are based on lo cal density functional theory and apply a KKR Green's function method for impurities on surfaces. We consider single 3d impurities as adatom s on hollow sites in the first 'vacuum' layer and as substitutional im purities in the surface layer. For Fe, Mn, and Cr impurities the momen ts are considerably enhanced compared to the bulk, but the moments of the adatom and the surface site differ surprisingly little in size. Wh ile a Mn adatom couples ferromagnetically to the bulk moments, we find antiferromagnetic coupling for the surface position. We also perform calculations for adatom dimers and determine their magnetic coupling. On the Ni(001) surface the 3d moments are more strongly enhanced than on the Fe surface and within the 3d series a broad two state region ex ists.