Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional monatomic metal chains. Gambardella, P., Dallmeyer, A., Maiti, K., Malagoli, M. C., Eberhardt, W., Kern, K., & Carbone, C. Nature, 416(6878):301–304, March, 2002.
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Two-dimensional systems, such as ultrathin epitaxial films and superlattices, display magnetic properties distinct from bulk materials. A challenging aim of current research in magnetism is to explore structures of still lower dimensionality. As the dimensionality of a physical system is reduced, magnetic ordering tends to decrease as fluctuations become relatively more important. Spin lattice models predict that an infinite one-dimensional linear chain with short-range magnetic interactions spontaneously breaks up into segments with different orientation of the magnetization, thereby prohibiting long-range ferromagnetic order at a finite temperature. These models, however, do not take into account kinetic barriers to reaching equilibrium or interactions with the substrates that support the one-dimensional nanostructures. Here we demonstrate the existence of both short- and long-range ferromagnetic order for one-dimensional monatomic chains of Co constructed on a Pt substrate. We find evidence that the monatomic chains consist of thermally fluctuating segments of ferromagnetically coupled atoms which, below a threshold temperature, evolve into a ferromagnetic long-range-ordered state owing to the presence of anisotropy barriers. The Co chains are characterized by large localized orbital moments and correspondingly large magnetic anisotropy energies compared to two-dimensional films and bulk Co.
@article{gambardella_ferromagnetism_2002,
	title = {Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional monatomic metal chains},
	volume = {416},
	copyright = {© 2002 Nature Publishing Group},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v416/n6878/full/416301a.html},
	doi = {10.1038/416301a},
	abstract = {Two-dimensional systems, such as ultrathin epitaxial films and superlattices, display magnetic properties distinct from bulk materials. A challenging aim of current research in magnetism is to explore structures of still lower dimensionality. As the dimensionality of a physical system is reduced, magnetic ordering tends to decrease as fluctuations become relatively more important. Spin lattice models predict that an infinite one-dimensional linear chain with short-range magnetic interactions spontaneously breaks up into segments with different orientation of the magnetization, thereby prohibiting long-range ferromagnetic order at a finite temperature. These models, however, do not take into account kinetic barriers to reaching equilibrium or interactions with the substrates that support the one-dimensional nanostructures. Here we demonstrate the existence of both short- and long-range ferromagnetic order for one-dimensional monatomic chains of Co constructed on a Pt substrate. We find evidence that the monatomic chains consist of thermally fluctuating segments of ferromagnetically coupled atoms which, below a threshold temperature, evolve into a ferromagnetic long-range-ordered state owing to the presence of anisotropy barriers. The Co chains are characterized by large localized orbital moments and correspondingly large magnetic anisotropy energies compared to two-dimensional films and bulk Co.},
	language = {en},
	number = {6878},
	urldate = {2013-12-11},
	journal = {Nature},
	author = {Gambardella, P. and Dallmeyer, A. and Maiti, K. and Malagoli, M. C. and Eberhardt, W. and Kern, K. and Carbone, C.},
	month = mar,
	year = {2002},
	pages = {301--304},
}

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