Magnetic and critical behavior of thin terbium(0001)/tungsten(110) films studied by electron capture spectroscopy (ECS)
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Epitaxial films of hcp Tb(0001) on bcc W(110) substrates are prepared and their geometric, electronic and magnetic properties are studied. The atomic flatness and cleanness and the single-crystalline state of the W(110) substrates and the Tb films are checked using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and low-energy and high-energy electron diffraction (LEED and RHEED). Using electron capture spectroscopy (ECS), the surface electron spin polarization of the Tb(0001) films is studied as a function of temperature. The topmost layer is found to order ferromagnetically below a surface Curie temperature T
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Jin, Changming. "Magnetic and critical behavior of thin terbium(0001)/tungsten(110) films studied by electron capture spectroscopy (ECS)." (1988) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13298.