Electronic States In Magnetic Nanostructures

This paper provides a survey of electric states in magnetic nanostructures, how they differ from bulk states and
how these changes are related to interesting magnetic phenomena, such as oscillatory coupling and giant magnetoresistance (GMR). After explaining the role of quantum-well states and spin-dependant electron reflectivity in magnetic multilayers we turn our attention to lower-dimensional structures, such as template. For monitoring the growth mode it is critical to distinguish and identify different metals at a surface by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). This is achieved via resonant tunneling through metal-specific surface and image states.