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We report calculations indicating the presence of a surface magnetic moment for Rh(001), motivated by the detection of a finite moment by magnetic linear dichroism experiments. We show that, while the density functional with the local…
Recent calculations, concerning the magnetism of uranium in the U/Fe multilayer system have described the spatial dependence of the 5f polarization that might be expected. We have used the x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity technique to…
We claim the existence of the f3 (U3+) configuration in UPd2Al3. It is in agreement with inelastic-neutron-scattering (INS) excitations and is consistent with the trivalent neptunium configuration in NpPd2Al3. We have derived set of CEF…
The Augmented Space Formalism coupled with Recursion method and Density Functional Theory based Tight-Binding Linear Muffin-Tin Orbitals have been applied for a first principles calculation of surface electronic and magnetic properties of…
The first-principles full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method based on density functional theory is used to investigate electronic structure and magnetic properties of hypothetical binary compounds of I$^{A}$ subgroup elements…
Electronic and magnetic properties of the fcc Americium (001) surface have been investigated via full-potential all-electron density-functional electronic structure calculations at both scalar and fully relativistic levels. Effects of…
The orbital and spin magnetic moments, and the X-ray-magnetic circular-dichroism (XMCD) spectra at the $M_{4,5}$ edges of the U atoms in a UAs/Co multilayer and in an $\alpha$-U film are calculated within the framework of the…
In comparison to 3d or 4f metals, magnetism in actinides remains poorly understood due to experimental complications and the exotic behavior of the 5f states. In particular, plutonium metal is most especially vexing. Over the last five…
First principles calculations of the O surfaces of Co-ZnO show that substitutional Co ions develop large magnetic moments which long-range coupling depends on their mutual distance. The local spin polarization induced at the O atoms is…
We report on the origin of ferromagnetic like behaviour observed for 2.4 nm size Pd nanoparticles. Localised magnetic moments on metallic surfaces have been recently shown to induce orbital motion of the itinerant electrons via spin-orbit…
Uranium dihydride UH2 is a metastable phase unknown in bulk form but accessible through thin-film synthesis. We prepared UH2 films by reactive dc sputtering on CaF2(001) or Si(001) substrates, the latter equipped with a Mo buffer layer to…
In the majority of magnetic systems the surface is required to order at the same temperature as the bulk. In the present study, we report a distinct and unexpected surface magnetic phase transition, uniquely at a lower temperature than the…
Strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy is a well-known property of uranium compounds. The almost isotropic ferromagnetism in $\mathrm{U_{4}Ru_{7}Ge_{6}}$ reported in this paper represents a striking exception. We present results of…
We calculate the magnetism of 3d transition metals on Au(110)-(1$\times$2) surface and Au(111) surface based on the Density Functional Theory. Our results show that the spin moments of the two-side elements of the 3d group such as Ti, V, Co…
We propose a method to determine the direction of surface magnetization and local magnetic moments on the atomic scale. The method comprises high resolution scanning tunneling microscope experiments in conjunction with first principles…
We report complex ac magnetic susceptibility measurements of a superconducting transition in very high-quality single-crystal alpha-uranium using microfabricated coplanar magnetometers. We identify an onset of superconductivity at T~0.7 K…
We use a combination of density functional theory and Monte Carlo calculations to calculate the surface magnetization in magnetoelectric $\mathrm{Cr_2O_3}$ at finite temperatures. Such antiferromagnets, lacking both inversion and…
The electron magnetic moment,$-\mu/\mu_B = g/2 = 1.001 \, 159 \, 652 \, 180 \, 59 \, (13) \, [0.13\, \rm{ppt}]$, is determined 2.2 times more accurately than the value that stood for 14 years. The most precisely determined property of an…
We argue that at zero temperature an isolated metal particle (or an AB ring) with spin-orbit interaction and odd number of electrons will have a permanent magnetic moment, even in zero magnetic field (flux). In a zero-field-cooled state…
Graphene has various potential applications in electronics and scientists are seeking to introduce magnetic properties on graphene. Here we report our theoretical findings that a local magnetic moment as large as 1 $\mu_B$ can be generated…