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Phase evolution and magnetic properties of a Co-rich multi-component magnetic nanocomposite film

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? 2022 Elsevier B.V.The effect of annealing on the chemical partitioning, microstructural evolution, and magnetic properties of a magnetron sputter deposited Co-2.8Fe-2.7Mn-3.5-Nb-2.4Si-7.2B (at%) alloy was investigated using transmission electron microscopy, atom probe tomography, and vibrating-sample magnetometry. While no crystallinity was observed in the as-deposited film, nonideal mixing in this amorphous state was noted by the Mn enrichment around the film's ~ 7 nm diameter columnar morphology that spanned the thickness of the film parallel to the growth direction. Following annealing at 520 °C for either 5 min or 20 min, the columnar morphology transformed to a partially crystallised microstructure with Co and Fe enriching 7.0 ± 1.4 nm crystallites encased by an amorphous region enriched with Nb, B, Si, and Mn. The magnetic coercivity, ~ 26 Oe, was invariant upon annealing while the saturation magnetisation increased from 828 to 953 emu/cm3.

Atom probe tomographyIn-situ annealingMagnetron sputteringSoft magnetic nanocompositesTransmission electron microscopy

Mewes C.、Leary A.M.、Noebe R.D.、Tweddle D.、Koenig A.、Thompson G.B.、Nakarmi P.、Mewes T.

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Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Alabama

Materials and Structures Division NASA Glenn Research Center

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering The University of Alabama

2022

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

EISCI
ISSN:0925-8388
年,卷(期):2022.903
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