Impurity Ferromagnetism of Pd-Fe and Pd-Co Alloys: Ab Initio vs. Experiment

: We have performed full-stack research of Pd 1− x Fe x and Pd 1- x Co x ( x = 0.01–0.1) alloys. At the first stage, the occurrence of impurity ferromagnetism in considered alloys was studied employing the Density Functional Theory (DFT). At the second stage, magnetic impurities of Fe and Co atoms were implanted into epitaxial Pd thin films to verify DFT results. Magnetic properties of implanted Pd films were investigated by Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) in the temperature range from 5 K to 300 K. It has been established that VSM results are in a good agreement with ab initio calculations.