Structure and magnetic properties of columnar Fe-N thin films deposited by direct current magnetron sputtering

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-358

  JIA, Hui ^a,b   WANG, Xin ^b   PANG, Shao ping ^c   ZHENG, Wei tao ^b   LONG, Bei hong ^b   LI, Bo ^b  

^a BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

coercivity; Fe N thin film; magnetic anisotropy; saturation magnetization

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS LIKES; ANISOTROPY FIELDS; ATOMIC FORCES; COERCIVITY; CORNING GLASS; DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; FE-N THIN FILM; FILM SURFACES; GROWTH BEHAVIORS; MAGNETO-CRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPIES; SHAPE ANISOTROPIES; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCES; TEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY; XRD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COERCIVE FORCE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETRONS; MAGNETS; METALLIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILM DEVICES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 64149125658     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60277-0     Document Type: Article

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