Effect of grain size on magnetic and nanomechanical properties of Co60Fe20B20 thin films

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 498, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Chen, Yuan Tsung ^a   Chang, C C ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Grain size effect; Magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs); Nano indentation

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; COERCIVITIES; COFEB FILM; COFEB THIN FILMS; EFFECTIVE ANISOTROPY; ENLARGED GRAINS; FERROMAGNETIC EXCHANGE COUPLINGS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GRAIN REFINEMENT MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; GRAIN SIZE REFINEMENT; HALL-PETCH; HEAT ANNEALING; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; POST ANNEALING; POST ANNEALING TREATMENT; POST-ANNEALING TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; XRD; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANNEALING; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; REMANENCE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 77953135923     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.03.141     Document Type: Article

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