Magnetic Moment Enhancement at Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Metal Surfaces

Abstract

Magnetism at surface represents an area of great interest in surface physics because, as expected, the lowered symmetry and coordination number offer a variety of opportunities for inducing new and exotic phenomena and so hold out the promise of new device applications. Here we review the prediction of local spin density functional ab initio electronic structure calculations which have played a key role in the development of this exciting field by providing a clearer understanding of the experimental observations and predicting new systems with desired properties.