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
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.