First Principles Study on the Geometric and Electronic Structures of the FeO/Pt(111) Surface

• The geometric, electronic, and magnetic properties of the FeO monolayer on a Pt(111) surface are investigated by first principles calculations. Generally, antiferromagnetic (AFM) structures are more stable than that of the ferromagnetic one. On the basis of a specific AFM structure, the long puzzling scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experimental observations can be well explained. In this AFM model, the Fe-O layer distance at the fee region is larger than the hcp region, in contrast to previous theoretical results. The STM images at the field-emission regime are explained by local surface potential.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

initio molecular-dynamics

scanning-tunneling-microscopy

augmented-wave method

ultrathin films

nickel-oxide

monolayer

pt(111)

transition

nial(110)

mechanism

Chemistry

Kemi

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)