Evolution of structural and magnetic properties of sputtered nanocrystalline Co thin films with thermal annealing

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-324

  Kumar, Dileep ^a   Gupta, Ajay ^a  

^a UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

IBS; Magnetic thin film; MOKE; Thermal annealing; Uniaxial magnetic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

THERMAL ANNEALING; ULTRAFINE GRAIN FILMS; UNIAXIAL MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COBALT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPUTTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 33749633155     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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