All films exhibit instability of the first monolayer and prefer grow in islands.
The Cu–Ni interaction is responsible for reduced Ni magnetic moments in Ni/Cu(111) films.
The Co/Au(111) and Co/Cu(111) films show different orientations of magnetic anisotropy.
The Ni films exhibit in-plane magnetization only for single monolayer.
Behaviors of magnetic anisotropy do not depend on the structure of the studied films.