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Substructure-Magnetic Property Correlation in Fe/Ag Composite Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

C. P. Reed
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Analysis University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
R. J. DeAngelis
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Analysis University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
Y. X. Zhang
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Analysis University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
S. H. Liou
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research and Analysis University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
R. J. Jacob
Affiliation:
Nano Probe Lab Markey Cancer Center University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
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Abstract

A series of nanostructured Fe/Ag metal films were produced at various substrate temperatures to determine their magnetic characteristics. The magnetic coercivity was found to increase with the diffracting-particle size which is process controlled. The films produced at low substrate temperature (<200°C) consisted of small metallic clusters of Ag (<100 Å). As the substrate temperature was increased, the films exhibited increased crystallinity and larger diffracting-particle size. The position of the maximum in the particlesize distribution function and the width of the function increased with substrate temperature.

Type
XI. Thin Film and Semiconductor Characterization by X-Ray Diffraction
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1990

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