Magnetic and orbital blocking in Ni nanocontacts

Details Magnetic and orbital blocking in Ni nanocontacts Magnetic and orbital blocking in Ni nanocontacts

2004-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406249v2

Phys. Rev. B 71, 220403(R) (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 3 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.220403

We address the fundamental question of whether magneto-resistance (MR) of atomic-sized contacts of Nickel is very large because of the formation of a domain wall (DW) at the neck. Using {\em ab initio} transport calculations we find that, as in the case of non-magnetic electrodes, transport in Ni nanocontacts depends very much on the orbital nature of the electrons. Our results are in agreement with several experiments in the average value of the conductance. On the other hand, contrary to existing claims, DW scattering does {\em not} account for large MR in Ni nanocontacts.

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