Santos Burgos Benito, López-Martín Raúl, De Toro José A, Binns Chris, Schmid Andreas K, de la Figuera Juan
Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada (IRICA) and Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2024 Oct 16;14(20):1662. doi: 10.3390/nano14201662.
We have characterized the magnetization easy-axis of ultra-thin Co films (2-5 atomic layers, AL) grown on Ru(0001) when they are capped with a monolayer of Pd. The addition of a Pd monolayer turns the magnetization of 3 and 4 AL-thick Co films from an in-plane to an out-of-plane alignment, but not that of a 5 AL-thick film. These observations are explained in terms of an enhancement of the surface anisotropy. The exposure of the sample to hydrogen, CO or a combination of both gases does not overcome this effect.
我们已经对生长在Ru(0001)上、顶部覆盖有单层钯的超薄钴膜(2 - 5个原子层,AL)的易磁化轴进行了表征。添加单层钯会使3个和4个原子层厚的钴膜的磁化方向从面内取向转变为面外取向,但5个原子层厚的钴膜则不会。这些观察结果可以用表面各向异性的增强来解释。将样品暴露于氢气、一氧化碳或这两种气体的组合中并不能克服这种效应。