Structural and Magnetic Properties of e-Beam Prepared CoxPt1-x Alloy Films

1993 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.V. Harzer ◽  
B. Hillebrands ◽  
I.S. Pogosova ◽  
M. Herrmann ◽  
G. Güntherodt ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe have investigated structural and magnetic properties of CoPt alloy films with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the thickness range between 100Å and 400A. From a detailed x-ray analysis we find highly (111) -textured CoPt Microcrystal-lites in all samples. STM studies reveal a granular topography with grain diameters of up to 250Å. Measurements of hysteresis loops yield a saturation field which increases with thickness, and which is consistent with a freely mobile domain Model. Brillouin light scattering measurements of the frequencies of the surface and standing spin wave modes yield a bulk exchange constant, which is strongly dependent on the Pt content.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo López Antón ◽  
Juan A. González ◽  
Juan P. Andrés ◽  
Andrei V. Svalov ◽  
Galina V. Kurlyandskaya

The influence of the thickness of the Ni0.8Fe0.2 (Permalloy, Py) layers on the structural and magnetic properties of magnetron sputtered Py/Ti multilayers was studied. The thickness of the Py layers was varied in the interval of 8 to 30 Å. X-ray reflectivity scans evidence the existence of a well-defined layered structure in all the samples considered, but also the presence of a complex intermixed interface. The shape of both the temperature dependence of magnetization and the hysteresis loops of the multilayered structures depends strongly on Py thickness. Magnetic and reflectivity measurements were comparatively analyzed in order to better understand the structure of the samples, and specifically, their interfaces. In particular, the presence of small superparamagnetic Py at the interfaces of the samples, especially evident in the samples with the thinnest Py layers, seems confirmed by the magnetic measurements, agreeing well with the reflectivity results.


1994 ◽  
Vol 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Eon Park ◽  
Pu-Young Jung ◽  
Ki-Bum Kim ◽  
Seh-Kwang Lee ◽  
Soon-Gwang Kim

ABSTRACTWe have produced Co1-xPtX (X = 0.53 and 0.75) alloy films using DC magnetron sputtering and investigated their magnetic properties using vibrating sample magnetometry(VSM) and Kerr hysteresis loop tracer. The as-deposited Co-Pt alloy films show a strong in-plane magnetization. By annealing the alloy samples, we have identified that the magnetic properties are drastically changed. While the magnetic properties of the Co0 25Pt0 75 alloy films show no noticeable changes, the coercivity and the squareness of the Co0.47Pt0.53 alloy films are drastically increased after annealing. Transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and x-ray diffractometry(XRD) analysis showed that CoPt(L10) and Co-Pt3 (L12) ordered phases, respectively, are formed in each case with a strong (11) texture. We suggest that the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the Co-Pt system does not depend on the mere textureness of the layer but strongly depends on the arrangement of Co and Pt at an atomic scale.


1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 848-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Engelfriet ◽  
W. L. Groeneveld

Magnetic susceptibility measurements on single crystals of Mn(II)(trz)2(NCS)2 in the temperature range 1.8 - 300 K are reported. The compound has two-dimensional structural and magnetic properties. The data from susceptibility measurements are accounted for by considering the material to be a quadratic-layer, S = 5/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet. From the comparison of the data with predictions from series expansions the intralayer exchange constant was found to be J/k = -0.25 K. A transition to the antiferromagnetic state is observed at TN = 3.29 K with the b axis being the preferred axis. Magnetization measurements at 1.8 K along the b axis reveal a spin-flop transition at 10.8 kOe. The occurence of a second discontinuity in the magnetization curve at 15.6 kOe is explained by assuming that the spin system goes to the spin-flop state via an intermediate spin arrangement, as is suggested by the presence of tilted MnN6 octahedra. From pulsed-field magnetization measurements at 1.17 K, a saturation field Hc = 74 kOe is found which also leads to J / k = -0.25 K. With the aid of neutron powder diffraction at 1.2 K the magnetic space group was determined to be Apb′a 2′! Preliminary results from heat capacity measurements on the corresponding Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) compounds are reported.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 1189-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. WILHELM ◽  
A. ROGALEV ◽  
P. POULOPOULOS ◽  
M. ANGELAKERIS ◽  
J. TSIAOUSSIS ◽  
...  

Effect of annealing on structural and magnetic properties of non-equatomic chemically synthesized FePt nanoparticles with an average size of 3.2 nm diameter is reported. Annealing of the particles at 700°C resulted in the increase of particles size and the enhancement of total magnetization and coercivity, the latter could be attributed to a transformation from disordered to ordered crystallographic phase. Although the system is far from optimum "equatomic" stoichiometry, coercivity field of 1.1 kOe was obtained at 10 K together with remanence ratio of 0.55. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra recorded at the Pt L 2,3 edges on annealed samples revealed the enhancement of magnetic moment induced on Pt atom.


2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1306
Author(s):  
Е.М. Якунина ◽  
Е.А. Кравцов ◽  
Yu.N. Khaydukov ◽  
Н.О. Антропов ◽  
В.В. Проглядо

Layered nanoheterostructures Fe | MgO | Cr | MgO | Fe is an artificial ferromagnetic material in which the exchange interaction of the magnetic moments of Fe layers through intermediate dielectric and metal layers can lead to magnetic configurations that are not realized in the well-studied Fe | MgO | Fe and Fe | Cr | Fe. In this work, we investigated the correlations of the structural and magnetic properties of layered nanoheterostructures Fe (10 nm) | MgO (1.5 nm) | Cr (t nm) | MgO (1.5 nm) | Fe (7 nm) (thickness t = 0.9 and 1.8 nm). Structural studies performed using X-ray diffractometry and high-resolution reflectometry confirmed the formation of a textured structure and revealed its well-defined layered character with sharp interlayer boundaries.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 4962
Author(s):  
Pawel Pietrusiewicz ◽  
Marcin Nabiałek ◽  
Bartłomiej Jeż

This paper presents the results of an investigation into rapidly quenched Fe-based alloys with the chemical formula: Fe61Co10B20W1Y8−xPtx (where x = 3, 4, 5). In these alloys, a small quantity of Pt was added, and the Y content was reduced concurrently. Samples of the aforementioned alloys were injection-cast in the form of plates with the dimensions: 0.5 mm × 10 mm × 10 mm. The resulting structure was examined using X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Mössbauer spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results of the structural research reveal that, with a small addition of Pt, areas rich in Pt and Y are created—in which Fe-Pt and Pt-Y compounds, with different crystallographic systems, are formed. It has also been shown that an increase in Pt content, at the expense of Y, contributed to the formation of fewer crystalline phases, i.e., it allowed a material with a more homogeneous structure to be obtained. Magnetic properties of the Fe61Co10B20W1Y8−xPtx (where x = 3, 4, 5) alloy samples were tested using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The magnetic properties of the investigated materials revealed that the saturation magnetisation increased with increasing Pt content, at the expense of Y. This effect is due to the occurrence of different proportions of crystalline magnetic phases within the volume of each alloy.


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