The relationship between the microstructure and magnetic properties of sputtered Co/Pt multilayer films (abstract)

1994 ◽  
Vol 76 (10) ◽  
pp. 6099-6099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Kim ◽  
Amanda K. Petford‐Long ◽  
J. P. Jakubovics
1993 ◽  
Vol 126 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gu ◽  
C. Daboo ◽  
J.A.C. Bland ◽  
M. Gester ◽  
A.J.R. Ives ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-N. Hsu ◽  
D. E. Laughlin ◽  
D. N. Lambeth

AbstractThe effects of sputtering argon pressures and sputtering power on the microstructure, texture and magnetic properties of NiAI underlayers on CoCrPt films were investigated. In this paper, the relationship between the sputtering conditions, microstructure, crystallographic texture and magnetic properties of these thin films will be discussed. By controlling the sputtering pressure and sputtering power, the texture and microstructure of NiAI underlayers were found to vary. This in turn was found to influence the magnetic properties of CoCrPt thin films. It was found that 10 mtorr is the optimum pressure to deposit the NiAl thin films to obtain the best magnetic properties for our system. At this argon pressure, the coercivity reached a maximum value because of the strongest CoCrPt (1010) texture and smallest grain size. At lower argon pressures (< 10 mtorr), NiAI tended to have a (110) texture reducing the CoCrPt (1010) texture, which in turn reduced the CoCrPt coercivity and S*. Also, high NiAl deposition pressures (>30 mtorr) yielded larger grains and a weaker CoCrPt (1010) texture, thereby decreasing the coercivity of the CoCrPt films. Increasing the sputtering power has been found to increase the CoCrPt coercivity and S* value. However, the grain sizes of the CoCrPt/NiAl thin films deposited at higher sputtering power were larger than those obtained at lower sputtering power.


2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 1324-1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shintaro Matai ◽  
Hibiki Sakakura ◽  
Mahoto Takeda

Numerous studies have been conducted to develop next-generation recording technology in spintronics. Because ultrafine magneitc particles are vital components of the technology, the interplay between the microsturcture and magnetic properties has attracted attention extensively in recent years. We focused on the relationship between the microstructure and magnetic properties of Cu-Ni-X (X=Fe, Co, FeCo) alloys comprising nanogranular magnetic particles. In this work, we prepared Cu-20 at% Ni-5 at% (FeCo), Cu-20 at% Ni-5 at% Fe, Cu-20 at% Ni-5 at% Co and examined the changes of microstructure and magnetic properties associated with heat treatments and composition. To examaine microstructural evolution of the alloy specimens, we conducted transmission electron microscope observations (TEM) with the as-quenched specimens and those aged at at 773-1073 K. We also carried out magneto-thermo gravimetry (MTG) measurements, superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) measurements, magnetoresistance (MR) measurements and first-principles calculations based on the Koster-Korringa-Rostker (KKR) method with the Coherent Potential Approximation (CPA), to investigate the magnetic properties. The present work confirmed that the microstructure significantly changed, depending on the composition and heat treatment conditions. The present work also revealed that the magnetic properties closely correlated with the microstructure of samples.


2007 ◽  
Vol 244 (12) ◽  
pp. 4503-4506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuru Ohtake ◽  
Yusuke Yasui ◽  
Fumiyoshi Kirino ◽  
Masaaki Futamoto

1996 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 4818-4820 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.F. Bi ◽  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
K. Sato ◽  
K.I. Arai ◽  
K. Ishiyama ◽  
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