The band structure theory of magnetism in 3d-4f compounds is reviewed. Among the open-
shell electrons, a hierarchy of interactions is present which governs the intrinsic magnetic …

Abstract Among nanoalloys, Co–Pt type (CoPt or FePt) supported nanostructures are very
interesting systems due to the direct link between atom arrangement and magnetic behavior …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

Symmetry breaking and bonding at interfaces leads to a variety of anisotropy phenomena in
transition metal sandwiches and multilayers. The charge density, the spin density and the …

Angle-dependent x-ray absorption spectroscopy in strong magnetic fields is shown to yield
precise site specific information about spin and orbital moments in highly anisotropic 3 d …

High-field, angle-dependent x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements on a Au/Co-
staircase/Au structure reveal an anisotropy in the dichroism intensities parallel and …

The out-of-plane orbital magnetic moment of Co in Co/X multilayers (X= Pd, Pt, and Ni) with
perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has been investigated using x-ray magnetic-circular …

The computational framework of this study is based on the local-spin-density approximation
with first-principles full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital calculations including orbital …

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements reveal that Cu atoms in Co/Cu multilayers
exhibit an induced magnetic spin moment in the d shell. The magnitude and sign of the …

We demonstrate that total energy calculations based upon only the local density
approximation of density functional theory in combination with an orbital polarization …