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Experimental Motivation


The magnetic behavior of iron nano-stripes grown of copper surfaces is accessible by modern experimental techniques: Stripes of iron can be grown at steps of vicinal Cu (111) surfaces using MBE.

J. Shen et al. PRB 56

Remanent magnetization per iron atom in these stripes is significantly reduced, when compared to the bulk iron magnetization.
(approx. 1/5 bulk value below 160K)