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Fabrication and Characterization of Nife Thin Film Composition Modulated Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. D. Leith
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering, Box 351750, Seattle, WA 98195–1750
D. T. Schwartz
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering, Box 351750, Seattle, WA 98195–1750
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Abstract

Described are results showing that an oscillating flow-field can induce spatially periodic composition variations in electrodeposited NiFe films. Flow-induced NiFe composition modulated alloys (CMA's) were deposited on the disk of a rotating disk electrode by oscillating the disk rotation rate during galvanostatic plating. Deposit composition and structure were investigated using potentiostatic stripping voltammetry and scanning probe microscopy. Results illustrate a linear relationship between the composition modulation wavelength and the flow oscillation period. CMA's with wavelengths less than 10 nm can be fabricated when plating with a disk rotation rate oscillation period less than 3 seconds.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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