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Understanding the growth of high-aspect-ratio grains in granular L10-FePt thin-film magnetic media
- Source :
- APL Materials, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 051105-051105-8 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing LLC, 2022.
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Abstract
- A systematic investigation has been performed to optimize the microstructure of L10-FePt–SiOx granular thin films as recording media for heat-assisted magnetic recording. The FePt–boron nitride (BN) nucleation layer, which is stable even at 700 °C, is used to control the grain sizes and microstructure during the high-temperature processing. The study finds that films of high-aspect-ratio FePt grains with well-formed silicon oxide (SiOx) grain boundaries require the grading of the deposition temperature during film growth as well as the grading of the silicon oxide concentration. Well-isolated columnar grains of L10-FePt with an average height greater than 11 nm and diameters less than 7 nm have been achieved. Transmission electron microscopy analysis of the microstructures of samples produced under a variety of non-optimal conditions is presented to show how the microstructure of the films depends on each of the sputtering parameters.
- Subjects :
- Biotechnology
TP248.13-248.65
Physics
QC1-999
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2166532X
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- APL Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8955f3d9ba8641d8bec8f2c4fc5ea23b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0089009