TY - JOUR
T1 - Aligned and exchange-coupled L1 0 (Fe,Co)Pt-based magnetic films
AU - Liu, Y.
AU - George, T. A.
AU - Skomski, R.
AU - Sellmyer, D. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under Award No. DE-FG02-04ER46152 and NCMN at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Films of aligned L1 0-structure (Fe,Co)Pt with fcc Fe(Co,Pt) are synthesized by co-sputtering Fe, Co, and Pt on an (001) MgO substrate with in situ heating at 830°C. The nanostructures and magnetic properties of the films are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The compositions of the samples (Fe,Co) xPt 1-x are designed to maintain an atomic Fe: Co ratio of 65: 35 while increasing the Fe,Co content in each successive sample. In samples with low Fe and Co concentration, the XRD patterns exhibit three strong peaks, namely L1 0 (Fe,Co)Pt (001), L1 0 (Fe,Co)Pt (002), and MgO (002). A fourth peak is observed in samples with high Fe and Co concentration and identified as fcc (002). The XRD patterns confirm the formation of L1 0-ordered (Fe,Co)Pt and its epitaxial growth on MgO. TEM shows that the (Fe,Co)Pt films form isolated magnetic grains of about 100 nm in diameter. Hysteresis-loop measurements show that the increase of the Fe,Co concentration from 57.3 to 68.3 at enhances the saturation magnetization M s from 1245 emu/cm 3 to 1416 emu/cm 3, and the coercivity decreases from 32 kOe to 8.9 kOe. The nominal maximum energy product per grain is 64 MGOe.
AB - Films of aligned L1 0-structure (Fe,Co)Pt with fcc Fe(Co,Pt) are synthesized by co-sputtering Fe, Co, and Pt on an (001) MgO substrate with in situ heating at 830°C. The nanostructures and magnetic properties of the films are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The compositions of the samples (Fe,Co) xPt 1-x are designed to maintain an atomic Fe: Co ratio of 65: 35 while increasing the Fe,Co content in each successive sample. In samples with low Fe and Co concentration, the XRD patterns exhibit three strong peaks, namely L1 0 (Fe,Co)Pt (001), L1 0 (Fe,Co)Pt (002), and MgO (002). A fourth peak is observed in samples with high Fe and Co concentration and identified as fcc (002). The XRD patterns confirm the formation of L1 0-ordered (Fe,Co)Pt and its epitaxial growth on MgO. TEM shows that the (Fe,Co)Pt films form isolated magnetic grains of about 100 nm in diameter. Hysteresis-loop measurements show that the increase of the Fe,Co concentration from 57.3 to 68.3 at enhances the saturation magnetization M s from 1245 emu/cm 3 to 1416 emu/cm 3, and the coercivity decreases from 32 kOe to 8.9 kOe. The nominal maximum energy product per grain is 64 MGOe.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3679099
DO - 10.1063/1.3679099
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861760397
SN - 0021-8979
VL - 111
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 07B537
ER -