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The effect of a Pt impurity layer on the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of hexagonal close-packed Co: a first-principles study

Aas, C. J. and Palotás, Krisztián and Szunyogh, L. and Chantrell, R. W. (2012) The effect of a Pt impurity layer on the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of hexagonal close-packed Co: a first-principles study. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24 (40). p. 406001. ISSN 0953-8984

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Abstract

On the basis of the fully relativistic screened Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker method we investigate the variation in the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) of hexagonal close-packed cobalt with the addition of platinum impurities. In particular, we perform calculations on a bulk cobalt system in which one of the atomic layers contains a fractional, substitutional platinum impurity. Our calculations show that at small concentrations of platinum the MAE is reduced, while at larger concentrations the MAE is enhanced. This change in the MAE can be attributed to an interplay between on-site Pt MAE contributions and induced MAE contributions on the Co sites. The latter are subject to pronounced, long-ranged Friedel oscillations that can lead to significant size effects in the experimental determination of the MAE of nanosized samples.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika > QC06 Physics of condensed matter / szilárdtestfizika
Depositing User: Dr. Krisztián Palotás
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2014 07:33
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2023 08:16
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/16045

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