Environmental influence on the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in CuxPt1−x

Abstract
The influence of the surrounding atomic configuration on the nuclear spin‐lattice relaxation rate of Pt in disordered CuxPt1−x alloys has been studied theoretically by calculating the electronic structure of CuPt clusters embedded in a coherent potential approximation medium. The resulting average nuclear spin‐lattice relaxation rate is found to be in a very satisfying agreement with experiment.