First-principles-based study of transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu surfaces
College
College of Science
Department/Unit
Physics
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source Title
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume
16
Issue
48
Publication Date
12-8-2004
Abstract
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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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1088/0953-8984/16/48/050
Recommended Citation
Kishi, T., Kasai, H., Nakanishi, H., Diño, W., & Komori, F. (2004). First-principles-based study of transport properties of Fe thin films on Cu surfaces. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 16 (48) https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/16/48/050
Disciplines
Physics
Keywords
Nanostructured materials; Iron; Ferromagnetism; Thin films, Multilayered; Polarization (Electricity); Surfaces; Copper; Molecular beam epitaxy; Scanning tunneling microscopy
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