Thin films of the Heusler alloys Cu2MnAl and Co2MnSi: Recovery of ferromagnetism via solid-state crystallization from the x-ray amorphous state

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 28, 2010, Pages

  Erb, Denise ^a   Nowak, Gregor ^a   Westerholt, Kurt ^a   Zabel, Hartmut ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STATE; BRAGG REFLECTION; CHEMICAL ORDER; EPITAXIAL QUALITY; FERROMAGNETIC ORDERS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; HIGH CURIE TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETRON SPUTTER DEPOSITION; OPTIMUM SATURATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID-STATE CRYSTALLIZATION; THEORETICAL VALUES; X-RAY AMORPHOUS; X-RAY AMORPHOUS STATE;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS FILMS; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CURIE TEMPERATURE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MAGNETRONS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; THIN FILMS;

SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 77954393819     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/28/285001     Document Type: Article

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