Curie temperature of metallic ferromagnets Gd and Ni as a function of number of layers compared and contrasted

Phase Transitions

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 387-394

  Ayuela, A ^a,b   March, N H ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Curie temperature; Gd multilayers; Gd surface; Magnetism; Ni multilayer; RKKY exchange

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ATOMIC LAYERS; BULK TRANSITION; BULK VALUES; DISORDERED LOCAL MOMENT (DLM); FRIEDEL OSCILLATIONS; MESOSCOPIC; METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; METALLIC GD; RKKY INTERACTIONS; SIZE EFFECTS (IGC:D0/C7/C8); SPECIFIC-HEAT MEASUREMENTS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CURIE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; NICKEL ALLOYS; PHOTORESISTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TRANSITION METALS;

NICKEL;

EID: 45849142935     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590701684715     Document Type: Article

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