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Effect of flattened surface morphology of anodized aluminum oxide templates on the magnetic properties of nanoporous Co/Pt and Co/Pd thin multilayered films

Authors :
Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Anh
Fedotova, J.
Kasiuk, J.
Bayev, V.
Kupreeva, O.
Lazarouk, S.
Manh, D. H.
Vu, D. L.
Chung, Sunjae
Åkerman, Johan
Altynov, V.
Maximenko, A.
Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Anh
Fedotova, J.
Kasiuk, J.
Bayev, V.
Kupreeva, O.
Lazarouk, S.
Manh, D. H.
Vu, D. L.
Chung, Sunjae
Åkerman, Johan
Altynov, V.
Maximenko, A.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

For the first time, nanoporous Al2O3 templates with smoothed surface relief characterized by flattened interpore areas were used in the fabrication of Co/Pd and Co/Pt multilayers (MLs) with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). Alternating gradient magnetometry (AGM) revealed perfectly conserved PMA in the Co/Pd and Co/Pt porous MLs (antidot arrays) with a ratio of remanent magnetization (Mr) to saturation magnetization (MS) of about 0.99, anisotropy fields (Ha) of up to 2.6 kOe, and a small deviation angle of 8° between the easy magnetization axis and the normal to the film surface. The sufficient magnetic hardening of the porous MLs with enhanced coercive field HC of up to ∼1.9 kOe for Co/Pd and ∼1.5 kOe for Co/Pt MLs, as compared to the continuous reference samples (∼1.5–2 times), is associated with the pinning of the magnetic moments on the nanopore edges. Application of the Stoner–Wohlfarth model for fitting the experimental M/MS(H) curves yielded clear evidence of the predominantly coherent rotation mechanism of magnetization reversal in the porous films.<br />QC 20171207

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1234828693
Document Type :
Electronic Resource
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016.j.apsusc.2017.08.238