Electronic Structure of Ag/Au Multilayers

We present results of electronic structure studies of Ag/Au multilayers with periods of 1,2 and 3, with fcc stacking in the >100< direction, and compare with the properties of the pure elements. We find that the binary Ag/Au system is stable against phase separation at zero (or low) temperature, and that the stability decreases with increasing multilayer period, as expected. The calculations were done using the full-potential LAPW method.