Ferromagnetism and growth of Ru monolayers on C(0001) substrates
- 15 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 76 (10) , 6431-6433
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.358239
Abstract
The magnetic and growth properties of Ru monolayers on C(0001) are studied using spin‐polarized secondary electron emission and Auger electron spectroscopy(AES). Using AES, we find that the initial growth of Ru on C(0001) occurs laterally until the first monolayer is completed. One monolayer‐thin Ru film shows ferromagnetic order below a surface Curie temperature of approximately 250 K. The in‐plane magnetization saturates in small applied fields of a few tenths of an Oe. This is the first observation of spontaneous, long‐ranged, two‐dimensional ferromagnetic order in an ultrathin film composed of a 4d transition metal.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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