Biomedical subjects

K Heinz

Publications and source records attributed to K Heinz.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2004

Reversible H-induced switching of the magnetic easy axis in Ni/Cu(001) thin films.

A reversible switching of the easy axis of magnetization for Ni on Cu(001) from in plane to out of plane is found by changing the partial pressure of hydrogen in the gas phase around the sample, allowing even for oscillations of the magnetization direction. A quantitative low-energy electron diffraction study of the diffracted intensity versus electron energy [I(E)] shows that the hydrogen-induced spin reorientation transition is accompanied by changes of the tetragonal distortion of the topmost Ni layer upon hydrogen adsorption. Surprisingly, the orientation switch to perpendicular to the surface comes with a relaxation, i.e., reduction of the film's tetragonal distortion rather than its amplification.

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PubMed2004

First-principles-based surface phase diagram of fully relaxed binary alloy surfaces.

The combination of density-functional theory (DFT) calculations of geometrically fully relaxed binary alloy surfaces with concepts from statistical physics is applied to construct a DFT-based phase diagram for a binary alloy surface. As a first example, we studied the appearance of Co antisite atoms at CoAl(100) surfaces. The structural parameters as multilayer relaxations, surface buckling, lateral order, and segregation profile of the predicted stable surface phases are in excellent agreement with experimental structure determinations applying low-energy electron diffraction.

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PubMed2003

Hydrogen-induced self-organized nanostructuring of the Ir(100) surface.

We show that the Ir(100) surface forms a new nanostructure in a self-organized way when its reconstructed equilibrium surface is exposed to hydrogen. Scanning tunneling microscopy and quantitative low-energy electron diffraction retrieve that a long-range ordered superlattice of defect-free Ir chains with average lateral spacing of 1.36 nm and micrometer lengths develops. This can be used as a template for the formation of other nanostructures as is demonstrated.

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PubMed2002

Segregation in strongly ordering compounds: a key role of constitutional defects.

For the example of the B2 CoAl(100) surface, we demonstrate that even slight deviations from an ordered alloy's ideal stoichiometry in a subsurface region or in the bulk can drastically affect its surface composition. By experimental surface analysis and first-principles calculations, we show that Co antisite atoms segregate to the very surface, driven by the same strong interactions which enforce order in the bulk. Our findings are consistent with the lack of antisite segregation we found earlier for the much weaker ordering FeAl(100), and resolve contradictory reports for NiAl(100).

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PubMed2002

Solution of a multiple-scattering inverse problem: electron diffraction from surfaces.

We present a solution to the multiple-scattering inverse problem for low-energy electron diffraction that enables the determination of the three-dimensional atomic structure of an entire surface unit cell directly from measured data. The solution requires a knowledge of the structure of the underlying bulk crystal and is implemented by a maximum entropy algorithm.

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PubMed1999