Effect of film thickness on properties of electrodeposited Ni-Co films

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2012-04-01

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Karpuz, Ali
Koçkar, Hakan

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Elsevier

Abstract

A series of Ni-Co films with different thicknesses was produced by using the electrodeposition technique and their microstructural, magnetic and magnetotransport properties were investigated. The X-ray (XRD) diffraction measurements showed that the films have the face centered cubic structure and the preferential orientations of the films were in the order of (1 1 1), (2 2 0) and (2 2 0) for the films with 1, 2 and 4 mu m thicknesses, respectively. The magnetic measurements revealed that the coercivity decreased from 52 Oe to 37 Oe due to the regular transition of preferential orientation from (1 1 1) to (2 2 0) with increasing film thickness. The study demonstrated that magnetic properties of the films changed according to the microstructural properties. Magnetoresistance investigations exhibited that all films have anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR).

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Chemistry, Materials science, Physics, Electrochemical synthesis, Metals and alloys, Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films, Texture, Magnetic-properties, Anisotropic magnetoresistance, Thin-films, Microstructure, Dependence, Alloys, Growth, Parameters, Morphology, Binary alloys, Cobalt alloys, Electrodeposition, Electrodes, Film thickness, Magnetic properties, Magnetoresistance, Metallic films, Metallurgy, Textures, Diffraction measurements, Electrochemical synthesis, Electrodeposition technique, Face centered cubic structure, Magnetic and magnetotransport properties, Micro-structural properties, Thin films

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Karpuz, A. vd. (2012). "Effect of film thickness on properties of electrodeposited Ni-Co films". Applied Surface Science, 258(12), 5046-5051.