Physics of Low Dimensional Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Spin-Polarized Electrons and Magnetism 2000....Pages 1-14
Magnetism and Superconductivity in Ultra-Small Particles....Pages 15-21
Thermal Properties of Magnetic Clusters....Pages 23-32
X-Ray Studies on Co Clusters....Pages 33-46
Calculation of Spin-Fluctuation Energies in Fe N Clusters....Pages 47-55
Electronic Relaxation in Metallic Nanoparticles....Pages 57-66
An Energetical Study of Transition-Metal Nanoclusters within the Embedded Atom Method....Pages 67-75
Deformation Effects in the Magnetic Moments of Ni Clusters....Pages 77-85
Enhancing the Production of Endohedral Fullerenes: a Theoretical Proposal....Pages 87-98
Orbital Magnetism in Low Dimensional Systems: Surfaces, Thin Films and Clusters....Pages 99-104
Electronic and Structural Properties of Rh N Clusters: a Molecular Dynamics Study....Pages 105-113
Silicon Nanostructures Grown by Vapor Deposition on HOPG....Pages 115-125
NanoMet: From Lab to Market....Pages 127-137
Characterization of Nanoparticles by Aerosol Techniques....Pages 139-149
Carbon Formation in Combustion....Pages 151-166
Photoemission Applied to Volcanology: Another Idea of Hans Christoph Siegmann....Pages 167-168
From Nanoparticles to Health Effects....Pages 169-179
Electroencephalograms in Epilepsy: Complexity Analysis and Seizure Prediction within the Framework of Lyapunov Theory....Pages 181-194
Sulfur Nanowires Elaboration and Structural Characterization....Pages 195-201
Nanodots and Nanowires of Silicon....Pages 203-213
Electronic Properties of AFM-Defined Semiconductor Nanostructures: Quantum Wires and Single Electron Transistors....Pages 215-222
Properties of the Thue-Morse Chain....Pages 223-232
One-Dimensional Adsorbate Systems: Electronic, Dynamic, and Kinetic Features....Pages 233-244
Surface States on Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Metal Surfaces....Pages 245-255
“Pentepistemology” of Biological Structures and Quasicrystals....Pages 257-264
Structural and Magnetic Properties of Co-Cu Film Systems....Pages 265-272
The Role of Interfaces in Magnetic and Electron Transport Properties of Au/Fe/Cu/Fe/GaAs(001) and Fe/MgO/Fe-Whisker(001) Systems....Pages 273-283
Heat-Induced Effective Exchange: A New Coupling Mechanism in Magnetic Multilayers....Pages 285-294
Exchange Bias Theory: The Role of Interface Structure and of Domains in the Ferromagnet....Pages 295-300
The Magnetic Order of Cr in Fe/Cr/Fe(001) Trilayers....Pages 301-308
Magnetic Domain Imaging of Thin Metallic Layers Using PEEM....Pages 309-333
Ultra-Thin Magnetic Films with Finite Lateral Size....Pages 335-349
Spin-Dependent Transmission and Spin Precession of Electrons Passing Across Ferromagnets....Pages 351-361
Theory of Tunneling Magnetoresistance....Pages 363-372
Spin Polarized Electron Transport and Emission from Strained Semiconductor Heterostructures....Pages 373-382
Magnetism and Magnetic Anisotropy in Exchange BIAS Systems....Pages 383-391
The Role of Damping in Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal....Pages 393-399
Magnetised Foil as a Spin Filter....Pages 401-409
Influence of an Atomic Grating on a Magnetic Fermi Surface....Pages 411-417
Non-Equilibrium Physics in Solids: Hot-Electron Relaxation....Pages 419-429
Density Functional Theory of the Lattice Fermion Model....Pages 431-443
Action Density Functional Theory....Pages 445-452
A GaAs Type Source of Polarized Electrons at the Mainz Race Track Microtron MAMI....Pages 453-462
The Physics of Low Dimensions: Summary....Pages 463-465
Back Matter....Pages 467-477