TY - JOUR
T1 - Alloying and strain relaxation effects on spin-reorientation transitions in Cox Ni1-x Cu3 Au (100) ultrathin films
AU - Lin, W. C.
AU - Wang, B. Y.
AU - Liao, Y. W.
AU - Song, Ker Jar
AU - Lin, Minn Tsong
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PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The crystalline structure and the magnetic properties of Cox Ni1-x Cu3 Au (100) films were characterized as functions of thickness and alloy composition. No apparent alloy effect on the crystalline structure was observed with x up to 11%. As the film thickness increases above ∼8 monolayers (ML), the films clearly exhibited a progressively more relaxed structure. Due to the strain relaxation, both the first and the second spin-reorientation transitions (SRT) occurred within 20 ML. The thickness region with perpendicular magnetization was strongly reduced by increasing the Co concentration. For x>10%, no SRT was observed. By combining both the alloy effect and the strain relaxation effect, the SRT boundaries in the phase diagram can be described in a phenomenological model on the basis of magnetoelastics.
AB - The crystalline structure and the magnetic properties of Cox Ni1-x Cu3 Au (100) films were characterized as functions of thickness and alloy composition. No apparent alloy effect on the crystalline structure was observed with x up to 11%. As the film thickness increases above ∼8 monolayers (ML), the films clearly exhibited a progressively more relaxed structure. Due to the strain relaxation, both the first and the second spin-reorientation transitions (SRT) occurred within 20 ML. The thickness region with perpendicular magnetization was strongly reduced by increasing the Co concentration. For x>10%, no SRT was observed. By combining both the alloy effect and the strain relaxation effect, the SRT boundaries in the phase diagram can be described in a phenomenological model on the basis of magnetoelastics.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184413
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.184413
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644507472
VL - 71
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 18
M1 - 184413
ER -