ENHANCED MAGNETIC-MOMENT AND MAGNETIC-ORDERING IN MNNI AND MNCU SURFACE ALLOYS

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OBRIEN, WL [1 ]
TONNER, BP [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,DEPT PHYS,MILWAUKEE,WI 53211
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10.1063/1.358226
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Two-dimensional, ordered surface alloys of MnCu and MnNi were grown on Cu(001) and Ni(001) substrates. These surface alloys, which have structures that are not present in the bulk phase diagram, are highly corrugated with a c(2×2) periodicity. The stability of these surfaces has been predicted theoretically to be due to a gain in magnetic energy of the Mn atoms. Using a combination of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism we find that Mn is in a high-spin state and is ferromagnetically ordered in the MnNi surface alloy. MnNi surface alloys have been grown with an easy axis of magnetization perpendicular to the surface.
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