Heusler films and multilayers: X-ray resonant magnetic scattering and polarized neutron reflectivity studies on the relation between structure and magnetism
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Andre Bergmann
Abstract
We have studied the structural properties and the magnetization density profiles in multilayers of the Heusler phase CoMnGe with three different spacer layers: V, Au, and AlO, using hard X-ray scattering, soft X-ray resonant magnetic scattering, and polarized neutron reflectivity. We have found that the spacer layer has a significant effect on the magnetization profile of the CoMnGe layer. In all cases the interlayers at the top and the bottom of the Heusler layer exhibit a reduced magnetic moment, the thickness of which depends on the spacer layer and increases from 0.5 nm for V, to 0.6 nm for Au and 1 nm for AlO.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Contents
- Contents
- Editorial
- Prof. Dr. Reiner Kirchheim
- Review
- Laser-assisted atom probe tomography and nanosciences
- Heusler films and multilayers: X-ray resonant magnetic scattering and polarized neutron reflectivity studies on the relation between structure and magnetism
- Perovskite-type hydrides – synthesis, structures and properties
- Basic
- Interface width of immiscible layered elements
- The decomposition reaction of lithium amide studied by anelastic spectroscopy and thermogravimetry
- Migration of faceted high-angle grain boundaries in Zn
- EELS analysis of internal metal – oxide interfaces
- Effect of Chemical Confinement on the mechanical relaxation spectra of poly(ethene-co-methacrylic acid) copolymers
- Applied
- Properties of hydrogen absorption by nano-structured FeTi alloys
- A subnanoscale study of the nucleation, growth, and coarsening kinetics of Cu-rich precipitates in a multicomponent Fe – Cu based steel
- Hydrogen absorption in 3.1 nanometre sized palladium samples: does structure matter?
- Ultrasonic study of short-range hydrogen ordering in Pd-hydride
- Homogeneity of mechanically alloyed nano-crystalline Fe – Cu-powders
- Formation of nickel nanoparticles in nickel – ceramic anodes during operation of solid-oxide fuel cells
- Characterisation of complex hydrides synthesised or modified by ball milling
- On the small scale character of the stress and hydrogen concentration fields at the tip of an axial crack in steel pipeline: effect of hydrogen-induced softening on void growth
- Notifications
- DGM News
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Contents
- Contents
- Editorial
- Prof. Dr. Reiner Kirchheim
- Review
- Laser-assisted atom probe tomography and nanosciences
- Heusler films and multilayers: X-ray resonant magnetic scattering and polarized neutron reflectivity studies on the relation between structure and magnetism
- Perovskite-type hydrides – synthesis, structures and properties
- Basic
- Interface width of immiscible layered elements
- The decomposition reaction of lithium amide studied by anelastic spectroscopy and thermogravimetry
- Migration of faceted high-angle grain boundaries in Zn
- EELS analysis of internal metal – oxide interfaces
- Effect of Chemical Confinement on the mechanical relaxation spectra of poly(ethene-co-methacrylic acid) copolymers
- Applied
- Properties of hydrogen absorption by nano-structured FeTi alloys
- A subnanoscale study of the nucleation, growth, and coarsening kinetics of Cu-rich precipitates in a multicomponent Fe – Cu based steel
- Hydrogen absorption in 3.1 nanometre sized palladium samples: does structure matter?
- Ultrasonic study of short-range hydrogen ordering in Pd-hydride
- Homogeneity of mechanically alloyed nano-crystalline Fe – Cu-powders
- Formation of nickel nanoparticles in nickel – ceramic anodes during operation of solid-oxide fuel cells
- Characterisation of complex hydrides synthesised or modified by ball milling
- On the small scale character of the stress and hydrogen concentration fields at the tip of an axial crack in steel pipeline: effect of hydrogen-induced softening on void growth
- Notifications
- DGM News