In a recent experiment, scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to obtain a direct probe of the magnetic interaction in linear manganese chains arranged by atomic manipulation on thin insulating copper nitride islands grown on Cu (0 0 1). The local spin excitation spectra of these chains have been measured with inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy. Analyzing the spectroscopic results with a Heisenberg Hamiltonian the interatomic coupling strength within the chains has been obtained. It has been found that the coupling strength depends on the deposition sites of the Mn atoms on the islands. In this contribution, we perform ab initio calculations for different arrangements of infinite Mn chains on CuN in order to understand the influence of the environment on the value of the magnetic interactions. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Ab initio electronic structure calculations for Mn linear chains deposited on CuN / Cu (0 0 1) surfaces |
Autor: | Barral, M.A.; Weht, R.; Lozano, G.; María Llois, A. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Física Juan José Giambiagi, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Física, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avenida del Libertador 8250, 1429 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | Electronic structure; Magnetic coupling; Mn chains; STM; Ab initio calculations; Atomic manipulation; Interatomic coupling strength; Linear manganese chains; Deposition; Electron tunneling; Electronic structure; Hamiltonians; Magnetic couplings; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Copper |
Año: | 2007 |
Volumen: | 398 |
Número: | 2 |
Página de inicio: | 369 |
Página de fin: | 371 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2007.04.093 |
Título revista: | Physica B: Condensed Matter |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys B Condens Matter |
ISSN: | 09214526 |
CODEN: | PHYBE |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09214526_v398_n2_p369_Barral |