Study of nanoconductive and magnetic properties of nanostructured iron films prepared by sputtering at very low temperatures

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1117-1127

  Jimenez Villacorta F ^a,c   Munuera, C ^b   Ocal, C ^b   Prieto, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Conductive scanning force microscopy characterizatrion; Core shell ferromagnetic systems; Nanocluster synthesis; Surface science

Indexed keywords

CORE/SHELL; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXCHANGE BIAS; FERROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; IRON FILM; IRON THIN FILMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOUR; MAGNETIC DATA; METALLIC IRON; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOMETRICS; NANOSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; PERCOLATED NETWORK; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; SURFACE SCIENCE; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOCLUSTERS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

FILM PREPARATION;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77955091438     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9640-z     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Alexeev A, Loos J, Koetse MM (2006) Nanoscale electrical characterization of semiconducting polymer blends by conductive atomic force microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 106:191-199. doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.07.003 (Pubitemid 41820576)
2. Ceylan A, Baker CC, Hasanain SK, Ismat Shah S (2006) Effect of particle size on the magnetic properties of core-shell structured nanoparticles. J Appl Phys 100:034301. doi: 10.1063/1.2219691
3. Crisan O, von Haeften K, Ellis AM, Binns C (2008) Structure and magnetic properties of Fe/Fe oxide clusters. J Nanopart Res 10:193-199. doi:10.1007/s11051-008-9463-3
4. Del Bianco L, Fiorani D, Testa AM, Sonetti E, Savini L, Signoretti S (2002) Magnetothermal behavior of a nanoscale Fe/Fe oxide granular system. Phys Rev B 66:174418. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.174418
5. Dormann JL, Fiorani D, Tronc E (1997) Magnetic relaxation in fine-particle systems. Adv CChem Phys 98:283-494. doi: 10.1002/9780470141571.ch4
6. Hwang JS, Chen LW, Chen TC, Kuo CW, Hu ZS, Tsai TR, Wu YJ, Lin TY, Jhuo YY, Cheng CY, Lin CM, Liu YH (2009) Direct patterning of zinc oxide with control of reflected color through nano-oxidation using an atomic force microscope. Nanotechnology 20:055302. doi:10.1088/ 0957-4484/20/5/055302
7. Jiménez-Villacorta F, Prieto C (2008) Magnetic properties and interaction mechanisms of iron-based core-shell structures prepared by sputtering at low substrate temperatures. J Phys Condens Matter 20:085216. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/ 20/8/085216
8. Jiménez-Villacorta F, Muñoz-Martín A, Prieto C (2004) X-ray diffraction and extended x-ray absorption fine-structure characterization of nonspherical crystallographic grains in iron thin films. J Appl Phys 96:6224-6229. doi:10.1063/1 1810636
9. Jiménez-Villacorta F, Huttel Y, Muñoz-Martín A, Ballesteros C, Romá,n E, Prieto C (2007) Core-shell nanocrystalline structures in oxidized iron thin films prepared by sputtering at very low temperatures. J Appl Phys 101:113914. doi:10.1063/1.2737389 (Pubitemid 46938580)
10. 4(111)/Fe(110) bilayer. Phys Rev B 61:15284-15287. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15284
11. Koch SA, Palasantzas G, Vystavel T, De Hosson JTM, Binns C, Louch S (2005) Magnetic and structural properties of Co nanocluster thin films. Phys Rev B 71:085410. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.085410 (Pubitemid 40470961)
12. 2 thin films studied by conducting atomic-force microscopy. J Appl Phys 97:074315. doi:10.1063/1.1885166 (Pubitemid 40537994)
13. Lin X, Hadjipanayis GC, Sha SI (1994) Magnetic and structural properties of Co/CoO bilayers. J Appl Phys 75:6676-6678. doi:10.1063/1.356892
14. Muñoz-Martín A, Prieto C, Ocal C, Martínez JL, Colino J (2001) Magnetic behavior of oxidized iron thin films prepared by sputtering at very low temperatures. Surf Sci 482:1095-1100. doi:10.1016/S0039-6028(01) 00873-1
15. Munuera C, Barrena E, Ocal C (2007) Scanning force microscopy three-dimensional modes applied to conductivity measurements through linear-chain organic SAMs. Nanotechnology 18:125505. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/18/ 12/125505
16. 2 gate oxides using atomic force microscopy. Appl Phys Lett 62:786-788. doi:10.1063/1.108579
17. Nogués J, Schuller IK (1999) Exchange bias. J Magn Magn Mater 192:203-232. doi:10.1016/S0304-8853(98)00266-2
18. Nogués J, Sort J, Langlais V, Skumryev V, Suriñach S, Muñoz JS, Baró MD (2005) Exchange bias in nanostructures. Phys Rep-Rev Sect Phys Lett 422:65-117
19. Porti M, Avidano M, Nafría M, Aymerich X, Carreras J, Garrido B (2005) Conduction mechanisms and charge storage in Si-nanocrystals metal-oxide-semiconductor memory devices studied with conducting atomic force microscopy. J Appl Phys 98:056101. doi:10.1063/1. 2010626
20. Sharrock MP, Bodnar RE (1985) Magnetic-materials for recording-an overview with special emphasis on particles. J Appl Phys 57:3919-3924. doi:10.1063/1.334917
21. Skumryev V, Stoyanov S, Zhang Y, Hadjipanayis G, Givord D, Nogués J (2003) Beating the superparamagnetic limit with exchange bias. Nature 423:850-853. doi:10.1038/nature 01687
22. Snow ES, Campbell PM (1995) AFM fabrication of sub-10- nanometer metal-oxide devices with in situ control of electrical-properties. Science 270:1639-1641. doi:10.1126/science.270.5242.1639
23. Speliotis DE (2001) Particulate magnetic recording media. In: Hadjipanayis GC (ed) Magnetic storage systems beyond 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp 25- 53
24. Stankiewicz J, Jiménez-Villacorta F, Prieto C (2006) Magnetotransport properties of oxidized iron thin films. Phys Rev B 73:014429. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.014429 (Pubitemid 43270347)