Dead magnetic layers at the interface: Moment quenching through hybridization and frustration

In this paper, the authors combine spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy measurements with density functional theory calculations to unravel the magnetic ground state of a Mn double layer on the W(001) surface. The Mn surface layer forms a checkerboard antiferromagnetic state while the subsurface Mn layer appears to be magnetically dead due to strong hybridization with the W substrate