This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

Recent trends in the emerging field of surface-supported magnetic nanostructures are
reviewed. Current strategies for nanostructure synthesis are summarized, followed by a …

X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra at both the Fe and Pt L 3, 2 edges
were measured on wet-chemically synthesized monodisperse Fe 50 Pt 50 particles with a …

The magnetic and electronic properties of both linear and zigzag atomic chains of all 3 d
transition metals have been calculated within density functional theory with the generalized …

We present ab initio density functional calculations of the magnetic anisotropy of dimers of
the transition-metal atoms from groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table. Our calculations are …

We report the synthesis and characterization of well-defined CoPt clusters with a mean
diameter of 3 nm, produced in ultrahigh vacuum conditions following a physical route …

We present an implementation of the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave
(FLAPW) method for carrying out ab initio calculations of the ground state electronic …

We explore the origins of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial and textured Co/Ni
(111) superlattices using a combination of thin-film growth, structural characterization, x-ray …

Magnetization-angle dependence of the magnetic dipole is extensively studied for bulk,
surface, and overlayer systems by using first-principles electronic structure calculations. In …

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the magnetization of one-
dimensional atomic cobalt chains deposited on a platinum surface. We discuss the intrinsic …