Noncollinear magnetism in transition metal nanostructures: Exchange interaction and local environment effects in free and deposited clusters

P Ruiz-Diaz, R Garibay-Alonso, J Dorantes-Davila… - Physical Review B, 2011 - APS
A self-consistent tight-binding theory of noncollinear magnetism in transition metal
nanostructures is presented and applied to free and deposited clusters. The electronic …

Noncollinear magnetism of Cr and Mn nanoclusters on Ni (111): Changing the magnetic configuration atom by atom

S Lounis, P Mavropoulos, R Zeller, PH Dederichs… - Physical Review B, 2007 - APS
Abstract The Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green-function method for noncollinear magnetic
structures was applied on Mn and Cr nanoclusters deposited on the Ni (111) surface. We …

Theory of magnetic transition metal nanoclusters on surfaces

S Lounis - 2007 - osti.gov
This thesis is motivated by the quest for the understanding and the exploration of complex
magnetism provided by atomic scale magnetic clusters deposited on surfaces or embedded …

Electronic and magnetic structure in 4d transition metal clusters

R Guirado-Lopez, MC Desjonqueres… - Applied surface science, 1999 - Elsevier
The magnetic properties of small 4d transition metal clusters are studied in the framework of
a self-consistent tight-binding Hamiltonian. The role of the size and symmetry of the structure …

Non-collinear magnetism induced by frustration in transition-metal nanostructures deposited on surfaces

S Lounis - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
How does magnetism behave when the physical dimension is reduced to the size of
nanostructures? The multiplicity of magnetic states in these systems can be very rich, in that …

Orbital polarization, surface enhancement and quantum confinement in nanocluster magnetism

X Wan, L Zhou, J Dong, TK Lee, D Wang - Physical Review B, 2004 - APS
Within a rather general tight-binding framework, we studied the magnetic properties of Ni n
clusters with n= 9–60. In addition to usual hopping, exchange, and spin-orbit coupling terms …

Non-collinear magnetism of Cr, Mn and Fe trimers supported on the non-magnetic metal surface

S Uzdin, V Uzdin, C Demangeat - Surface science, 2001 - Elsevier
Self-consistent calculations of Cr, Mn and Fe trimers supported on the non-magnetic metallic
substrate were performed using recursion method in the vector Anderson model. In all cases …

Magnetism in Fe-based and carbon nanostructures: Theory and applications

H Terrones, F López-Urías, E Munoz-Sandoval… - Solid state sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
We demonstrate that it is possible to encapsulate ferromagnetic nanowires of Fe, FeCo and
FeNi inside carbon nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition methods. These wires exhibit …

Size and structural dependence of the magnetic properties of small 3d-transition-metal clusters

GM Pastor, J Dorantes-Dávila, KH Bennemann - Physical Review B, 1989 - APS
The size and structural dependence of magnetic properties of small Cr n, Fe n, and Ni n
clusters are determined by using a tight-binding Hubbard Hamiltonian in the unrestricted …

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of and slabs and nanoclusters: A detailed local analysis within a tight-binding model

D Li, A Smogunov, C Barreteau, F Ducastelle… - Physical Review B, 2013 - APS
We report tight-binding (TB) calculations of magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) of
iron slabs and nanoclusters with a particular focus on local analysis. After clarifying various …