Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Nd-Co alloy films nanostructured by di-block copolymer templates

Nd-Co amorphous magnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been grown on nanostructured templates prepared with self-organized di-block poly(styrene)-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) copolymer layers with a periodic structure of 60 nm spaced pores. These templates modify both the magnetic...

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Autores: Ruiz Valdepenas, L., Navarro Palma, Elena, Vicent López, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42753
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42753
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Thin-films
Phase-contrast
Arrays
Multilayers
Media
Lithography
Enhancement
Transition
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Nd-Co amorphous magnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been grown on nanostructured templates prepared with self-organized di-block poly(styrene)-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) copolymer layers with a periodic structure of 60 nm spaced pores. These templates modify both the magnetic film topography and mechanical strain on a local scale. The effect of these structural changes is particularly noticeable in the low thickness range of the magnetic films where the transition from in-plane to out-of plane magnetization takes place. The Nd-Co films grown on the copolymer template present lower perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and, also, stronger stripe domain pinning effects in comparison with reference films grown on flat Si substrates.