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Nanogranular Fe-Cu-Ag thin films: Structure, microstructure and giant magnetoresistance

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Title Nanogranular Fe-Cu-Ag thin films: Structure, microstructure and giant magnetoresistance
 
Creator ROUT, S
KUMAR, MS
BHATTACHARYA, S
ASWAL, DK
GUPTA, SK
 
Subject magnetic domain-structures
granular films
alloys
system
temperature
dependence
gmr
ni
nanogranular magnetic thin film
giant magnetoresistance
x-ray diffraction
transmission electron microscopy
scanning electron microscopy
atomic force microscopy
 
Description FexCuyAgz granular thin films with several compositions were prepared by dc magnetron sputtering. These films consist of small Fe magnetic particles embedded in a nonmagnetic CuAg matrix. Structure, microstructure, morphology and magnetotransport properties were studied. The compositions of these samples were determined by energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. X-ray diffraction results showed strong Ag(111) peaks and broad Cu(111) peaks in all the samples. The variation of the (111) lattice spacings indicates a partial intermixing of Fe, Cu and Ag atoms. Microstructural studies using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on a selected sample showed only Ag reflections and no reflection from Cu and Fe. Both XRD and TEM studies did not reveal any diffraction peak due to Fe and Cu for this sample. The fitting of the experimental grain size data obtained from TEM micrograph to the lognormal distribution function has allowed an estimation of the average grain diameter of 3.7 nm. The surface image of the Fe22Ag78 film observed using a scanning electron microscope showed the presence of droplet like Ag particles on the film surface. The Cu substitution results in smooth films without any Ag particles on the surface. Surface morphology by atomic force microscopy shows that the Fe39Cu13Ag48 film has a surface roughness of 0.75 rim. Finally, we have obtained a maximum giant magnetoresistance ratio of 3.2% in these films measured at 300 K for an in-plane magnetic field of 20 kOe.
 
Publisher AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
 
Date 2011-07-17T03:12:02Z
2011-12-26T12:50:05Z
2011-12-27T05:36:04Z
2011-07-17T03:12:02Z
2011-12-26T12:50:05Z
2011-12-27T05:36:04Z
2008
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 8(6), 2964-2970
1533-4880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.077
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4602
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4602
 
Language en