Yan, L., Przybylski, M., Lu, Y. F., Wang, W. H., Barthel, J., Kirschner, J.
Fabrication and uniaxial magnetic anisotropy of Co nanowires on a Pd(110) surface
Applied Physics Letters 86, (10),pp 102503/1-3 (2005)
We have fabricated Co atomic chains and nanowires on a Pd(110) surface oriented along the [1-10] direction. This is possible due to high diffusion anisotropy of the Co adatom on the Pd(110) surface. The Co nanowires on Pd(110) exhibit a strong uniaxial in-plane magnetic anisotropy, in which the easy axis is along [1-10], i.e., nanowire direction.