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Microstructure and phase formation of Heusler thin film compounds

  • Jürgen Thomas EMAIL logo , Joachim Schumann , Maria Dománková and Thomas Gemming
Published/Copyright: February 16, 2022
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 96 Issue 9

Abstract

Heusler compounds are promising materials to be applied effectively as highly spin-polarized medium (or components) in spintronic devices. To prove their chances the microstructure, the phase formation, and the chemical homogeneity of sputtered thin films of Co2MnSi and Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al were studied by in-situ TEM observations as well as by analytical characterizations. The observed grain growth and phase formation in dependence on temperature agrees well with the results of measurements of the film resistivity. The chemical homogeneity varies and depends on the deposition process during thin film preparation, especially the incorporation of oxygen is an unwanted effect.

Keywords: In-situ TEM; Spintronics; Heusler compounds; Analytical TEM
Dr. Jürgen Thomas IFW Dresden, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden PF 27 01 16, D-01171 Dresden, Germany Tel.: +49 351 4659 250 Fax: +49 351 4659 452

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Klaus Wetzig on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Received: 2005-04-15
Accepted: 2005-06-14
Published Online: 2022-02-16

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2005-0176
Keywords for this article
In-situ TEM; Spintronics; Heusler compounds; Analytical TEM

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Kösterpreis
  3. Award/Preisverleihung
  4. Editorial
  5. Editorial
  6. Articles Basic
  7. Effect of interface strength on electromigration-induced inlaid copper interconnect degradation: Experiment and simulation
  8. Application of factor analysis in electron spectrometry (AES, XPS) for materials science
  9. Focussing and defocussing effects at radio frequency glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy analyses of thin films with partly nonconductive components
  10. Semi-flexible star-shaped molecules: conformational analysis of nano-segregated mesogens forming columnar liquid-crystal phases
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