6. Conclusion
Magnetic monolayers offer a huge playground for the basic understanding of magnetic interactions. To obtain reliable data it is all-important to consider the temperature and thickness dependence of the magnetic quantities which are investigated. Magnetic monolayers -when prepared under proper conditions- are magnetically alive! There are no non-magnetic monolayers. The experiment has to be capable of detecting the remanent magnetic state of low dimensional systems in situ in UHV at low temperatures which remains a challenging task.
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Farle, M. (2004). Magnetic Thin Films. In: Liz-Marzán, L.M., Kamat, P.V. (eds) Nanoscale Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48108-1_17
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