Magnetostructural phase transition in electroless-plated Ni nanoarrays

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Chun Chao ^a   Lo, Chih Chieh ^a   Tseng, Yuan Chieh ^a   Liu, Chien Min ^a   Chen, Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATE; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROLESS-PLATED NI; MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL CORRELATIONS; MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; NANOARRAYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MICROSTRUCTURES; POST ANNEALING; SPIN MOMENTS; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TOTAL MAGNETIZATION; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

ANODIC OXIDATION; DICHROISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

ANNEALING;

EID: 79959477249     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3594692     Document Type: Article

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