APPLIED SURFACE AND PROPERTIES ANALYSES OF Co-BASED NANOPARTICLE THIN FILMS FOR PERMANENT MAGNETS
The SmCoSi/Cr layers were sputtered and annealed at 500°C for 25 min in pure N 2 atmosphere. The optimum value of coercivity of 4.6 kOe and extremely fine grain size of average grain diameter 6.5 nm, or small switching volume V* of 2.6 × 10-19 cm 3 were obtained. Partial Sm substituted by Tb will directly affect the magnetic properties. The ( Sm 0.32 Tb 0.68) Co 2 Si 3/ Cr layers with perpendicular anisotropy have been investigated. Their values of magnetization Ms as high as 402 emu/cm3 and coercivity Hc above 5.5 kOe at room temperature were gotten. These films are the ferri-magnetical structure of the rare earth-transition metal alloy. The microstructures and lattice matching media were examined, and the mechanisms of decoupling intergrains within the same magnetic layer, and among magnetic layers have been analyzed.