Structure and magnetic properties of coni thin films epitaxially grown on MgO(100) and SrTiO3(100) substrates

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 349-352

  Sato, Yoichi ^a   Nishiyama, Tsutomu ^a   Ohtake, Mitsuru ^a   Kirino, Fumiyoshi ^b   Futamoto, Masaaki ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

CoNi thin film; Epitaxial growth; MgO(100)

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASTIC FILMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FCC SINGLE CRYSTALS; MGO(1 0 0); SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL FILMS; STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; VOLMER-WEBER MODES;

COBALT ALLOYS;

EID: 76249128757     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2032299     Document Type: Article

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