First-principles-based study of transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu surfaces

First-principles-based study of transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu surfaces

We investigate the transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu(111) based on first principles calculation. We calculate the electron current through these Fe thin films, which can be observed by using a double-tipped scanning tunnelling microscope. We find that the conductance is majority spin polar...

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Main Authors: Kishi, Tomoya, Kasai, Hideaki, Nakanishi, Hiroshi, Diño, Wilson Agerico, Komori, Fumio
Format: text
Published: Animo Repository 2004
Subjects:
Nanostructured materials
Iron
Ferromagnetism
Thin films, Multilayered
Polarization (Electricity)
Surfaces
Copper
Molecular beam epitaxy
Scanning tunneling microscopy
Physics
Online Access:https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3808
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4810/type/native/viewcontent/050.html
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Institution: De La Salle University
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Summary:We investigate the transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu(111) based on first principles calculation. We calculate the electron current through these Fe thin films, which can be observed by using a double-tipped scanning tunnelling microscope. We find that the conductance is majority spin polarized. On the basis of the band structures for this system, we discuss the origin of these interesting transport properties.

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