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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 104, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.156402
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- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- STINT
- Goran Gustafsson foundation
- German Reasearch Foundation (DFG) [SFB491]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [05 ES3XBA/5]
- ERC
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Using density functional calculations, we have studied the magnetic properties of nanocomposites composed of rare-earth-metal elements in contact with 3d transition metals (Fe and Cr). We demonstrate the possibility to obtain huge magnetic moments in such nanocomposites, of order 10 mu(B)/rare-earth-metal atom, with a potential to reach the maximum magnetic moment of Fe-Co alloys at the top of the so-called Slater-Pauling curve. A first experimental proof of concept is given by thin-film synthesis of Fe/Gd and Fe/Cr/Gd nanocomposites, in combination with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism.
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