The induced magnetism of isolated (Cd) adatoms,
soft-landed onto ultrathin Ni layers grown pseudo-morphologically
on Pd(001) (aPd=3.8907 Å), was studied using the
perturbed angular correlation (PAC) technique. The magnitude of
the induced magnetic response (magnetic hyperfine field of
|5.2| T) was found to be ca. 30% smaller than on bulk Ni
(aNi=3.524 Å) surfaces. This result is compared to ab initio calculations. Additionally, the magnetic anisotropy of
the induced response was found to be modified as compared to bulk
Ni surfaces and the induced hyperfine field was observed to emerge
from the plane at an angle of 50(5)∘ to the surface
normal. This canted magnetic anisotropy is attributed to the large
lattice expansion of the ultrathin Ni film on Pd(001)
