Theoretical study of $α$-U/W(110) thin films from density functional theory calculations: Structural, magnetic and electronic properties

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2011-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/1112.2736v1

Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) pp. 2901-2908

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Thin Solid Films 2011

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.tsf.2011.12.040

Structural, electronic and magnetic properties were calculated for the optimized $\alpha$-U/W(110) thin films (TFs) within the density functional theory. Our optimization for 1U/7W(110) shows that the U-W vertical interlayer spacing (ILS) is expanded by 14.0% compared to our calculated bulk W-W ILS. Spin and orbital magnetic moments (MMs) per U atom were found to be enhanced from zero for the bulk of $\alpha$-U to 1.4 $\mu_B$ and -0.4 $\mu_B$ at the interface of the 1U/7W(110), respectively. Inversely, our result for 3U/7W(110) TFs shows that the surface U-U ILS is contracted by 15.7% compared to our obtained bulk U-U spacing. The enhanced spin and orbital MMs in the 1U/7W(110) were then found to be suppressed in 3U/7W(110) to their ignorable bulk values. The calculated density of states (DOS) corroborates the enhancement and suppression of the MMs and shows that the total DOS, in agreement with experiment, is dominated in the vicinity of Fermi level by the 5f U states. Proximity and mismatch effects of the nonmagnetic W(110) substrate were assessed and found to be important for this system.

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