Preparation and characterization of nife epitaxial thin films grown on MgO(100) and SrTiO3(100) single-crystal substrates

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2515-2518

  Tanaka, Takahiro ^a   Ohtake, Mitsuru ^a   Kirino, Fumiyoshi ^b   Futamoto, Masaaki ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; MgO(100); NiFe thin film; SrTiO3(100)

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; IRON ALLOYS; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXIDE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; MGO(1 0 0); NIFE THIN FILMS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL FILMS; SRTIO3(100); SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE UNDULATION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 66549099736     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2018607     Document Type: Article

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