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Interface Electronic And Magnetic Structures Of Layered Fe In Contact With MgO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Young Keun Kim
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA 02139
Michael E. McHenry
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Manuel P. Oliveria
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA 02139
Mark E. Eberhart
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

A model based on the state-of-the-art, first-principles layer Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (LKKR) method has proven to be very effective in describing the electronic and magnetic structure of metal/ceramic interfaces. We have performed self-consistent field computations incorporating spin polarization both for Fe/MgO superlattice (bulk technique) and for MgO/Fe/MgO sandwich (layer technique) systems. Muffin-tin potentials were employed for both materials in our computations. Iron layer was embedded in MgO, the host material, to have a [110](100)Fe / [100](100)MgO contact configuration. A large enhancement of magnetic moments has been found at the interface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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