Microstructure and coercivity of granular nanocomposite FePt-Ag multilayer films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3340-3342

  Chen, S C ^a,b   Kuo, P C ^b   Sun, A C ^b   Chou, C Y ^b   Fang, Y H ^b   Kuo, S Y ^c  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag capped layer; Coercivity; FePt Ag multilayer films; Magnetron sputtering

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COERCIVE FORCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AG-CAPPED LAYER; FEPT-AG MULTILAYER FILMS; MAGNETIC LAYERS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27744473247     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854703     Document Type: Article

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