Diffusive Phase Formation in the Nanosize Layer-by-Layer Film Compositions of Pt(15 nm)/Fe(15 nm) and [Pt(7.5 nm)/Fe(7.5 nm)]$_{2}$ on a SiO$_{2}$(100 nm)/Si(001) Substrate
Iu. M. Makogon, O. P. Pavlova, S. I. Sidorenko, T. I. Verbytska, I. A. Vladymyrskyi, O. V. Figurna, I. O. Kruglov
National Technical University of Ukraine ‘KPI’, 37 Peremohy Ave., 03056 Kyiv, Ukraine
Received: 25.02.2014. Download: PDF
Influence of the additional interfaces in nanoscale layered Pt/Fe film on the SiO$_{2}$(100 nm)/Si substrate, with the retention of initial film thickness (of 30 nm), on the diffusive phase-formation processes–transformation of soft-magnetic chemically disordered A1(FePt) phase into hard-magnetic chemically ordered L1$_{0}$(FePt) phase at annealing in vacuum is investigated by methods of physical materials science: X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy, Rutherford backscattering, SQUID magnetometry, and electrical resistance measurements. As revealed after deposition, these films have bi- and four-layer structures, respectively. Annealing in vacuum in the temperature range of 600—900°C with annealing time of 30 s is accompanied by phase transformation. Introduction of additional interfaces improves the ordering kinetics. These facts are illustrated with decrease of formation onset temperature for the ordered L1$_{0}$(FePt) phase with (111) texture in [Pt(7.5 nm)/Fe(7.5 nm)]$_{2}$ multi-layered films by 100°C as compared with Pt(15 nm)/Fe(15 nm) films, in which the A1(FePt) → L1$_{0}$(FePt) phase transformation occurs during annealing at 700°C. Coercive force of films increases with increasing the annealing temperature.
Key words: chemically ordered L1$_{0}$(FePt) phase, сoercive force, interface, nanosize film.
URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v36/i10/1359.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.36.10.1359
PACS: 66.30.Pa, 64.70.Nd, 68.55.jm, 75.50.Vv, 75.70.Ak, 81.40.Ef, 81.40.Rs
Citation: Iu. M. Makogon, O. P. Pavlova, S. I. Sidorenko, T. I. Verbytska, I. A. Vladymyrskyi, O. V. Figurna, and I. O. Kruglov, Diffusive Phase Formation in the Nanosize Layer-by-Layer Film Compositions of Pt(15 nm)/Fe(15 nm) and [Pt(7.5 nm)/Fe(7.5 nm)]$_{2}$ on a SiO$_{2}$(100 nm)/Si(001) Substrate, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 36, No. 10: 1359—1370 (2014) (in Ukrainian)