The magnetic anisotropy of nanometer thin films and of nanosize structures is discussed.
Experimental methods for the quantitative determination of magnetic anisotropy are …

This article presents a review of the structural and magnetic properties of ultrathin epitaxial
Fe films on GaAs (001) and related semiconductor substrates. Interest in these systems and …

The physical concepts magnetostriction and magnetoelasticity are presented. Spontaneous
volume magnetostriction and saturation linear magnetostriction are distinguished. Various …

The application of the cantilever bending technique to stress measurements at surfaces and
in epitaxial films is elucidated. The role of elastic anisotropy in quantitative cantilever …

The bending of crystalline plates in response to a non-isotropic stress on one of the two
surfaces is investigated with special attention to magnetoelastic effects. The crystalline …

The magnetoelastic coupling constant B 2 and the related magnetostriction coefficient λ 111
of bcc Fe are calculated by the ab initio density functional electron theory in local-spin …

The magnetization and the in-plane magnetic anisotropy energy of Fe (15 ML)/V (1–12 ML)
superlattices have been examined and their relation to the growth of the superlattices is …

This overview summarizes important aspects of the cantilever stress measurement
technique and its application to measurements of adsorbate-induced surface stress changes …

Based on the nonlinear theory of magnetoelasticity, a general method is developed which
allows the determination of first-order and second-order magnetoelastic coefficients of a …

Publisher Summary The origin of magneto elasticity is the interplay of the elastic properties
of a material and its magnetic state. The magneto elastic coupling terms in the free energy …