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Thermal Evolution of Magnetic Properties and Crystal Structure in Compositionally Modulated Al/Ni Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

A. Waknis ,
E. Haftek ,
M. Tan ,
J. A. Barnard  and
E. Tsang
A. Waknis
Affiliation:
The University of Alabama, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202
E. Haftek
Affiliation:
The University of Alabama, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202
M. Tan
Affiliation:
The University of Alabama, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202
J. A. Barnard
Affiliation:
The University of Alabama, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202
E. Tsang
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mobile, AL 36688
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Abstract

Periodic multilayer thin films of the form (xAl/yNi)n were grown by alternate deposition of pure Al and Ni using dc-magnetron sputtering. The thicknesses of the individual Al and Ni layers are given by x and y, respectively, and the total number of bilayer units is n. For this set of experiments, x was fixed at 3.5 nm while y was systematically varied from 2.4 to 154 nm. The films were tested in as-deposited and annealed states for magnetic properties using a vibrating sample magnetometer and for crystal structure by x-ray diffraction. In both the as-deposited and annealed samples the magnetization per unit volume of Ni declined as the Ni layer thickness decreased. This result can be interpreted in terms of a magnetically ‘dead’ layer at the Al/Ni interfaces. The width of the dead layer increased from 2.9 nm to 5.8 nm on annealing. Magnetic properties were correlated with crystal structure experiments by x-ray diffraction. As-deposited films yielded a Ni(111) texture. The Ni (111) peak decreased in intensity and broadened as the Ni thickness declined. Annealing produced evidence for the growth of the intermetallic NiAl3.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 232: Symposium T – Magnetic Materials: Microstructure and Properties , 1991 , 171
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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