Effects of B additions in FePt and FePt:C films

B was co-sputtered with FePt films, leading to a granular structure; however, in addition to segregating at grain boundaries, local bonding of Fe-B was formed, which suppressed the ordering of FePt and thus degraded the perpendicular anisotropy. A boron capping layer was deposited on FePt:C (28 vol....

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2014-05, Vol.115 (17), p.17
Hauptverfasser: Chiu, Jin-Chun, Wen, Wei-Chih, Wang, Liang-Wei, Wang, Ding-Shuo, Lai, Chih-Huang
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Zusammenfassung:B was co-sputtered with FePt films, leading to a granular structure; however, in addition to segregating at grain boundaries, local bonding of Fe-B was formed, which suppressed the ordering of FePt and thus degraded the perpendicular anisotropy. A boron capping layer was deposited on FePt:C (28 vol. %) films and B diffused into FePt:C grain boundaries during post-annealing. FePt:(B, C) films revealed a reduced grain size of 5.5 nm and perpendicular coercivity of 2T. Co-additions of B and C into FePt films may provide an alternative tuning knob to manipulate the microstructure and magnetic anisotropy of FePt films.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.4862941