The impact of annealing on the structural and magnetic properties of sputtered [Gd/Co]n multilayers has been researched. Structural and phase contrast of atomic force microscope measurements at the imaging of the facet sample cross-section demonstrate that thermal annealing process at 700 K leads to intermixing between Co and Gd layers, i.e. the alloy formation around the former interface. Magn...

The high temperature oxidation behavior of Fe50Ni50 alloy foils implanted with i00 keV N2 + ions at a different dose values is studied by using the technique of conversion electron M~ssbauer spectroscopy (CEMS). It has been shown that the implanted foils exhibit considerable adherence of scales and higher oxidation resistance as compared to the virgin foils. This excessive adherence of scales t...

We have performed a high-resolution synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy study of the initial growth stages of the ZnPd near-surface alloy on Pd(111), complemented by scanning tunnelling microscopy data. We show that the chemical environment for surfaces containing less than half of one monolayer of Zn is chemically distinct from subsequent layers. Surfaces where the deposition is p...

The microstructure and local mechanical characteristics of thermal spray ferrous coatings have been determined. The emphasis has been on coatings made by the high velocity oxyfuel (HVOF) process, especially the role of Al alloy additives. The oxide phase present in the material and preferred pathways for local cracking and separation have been determined. Thin intersplat oxide layers emerge as ...

Fe-Cr alloy layers on Fe 001 substrates with different atomic environments are theoretically investigated through a self-consistent real-space tight-binding method parametrized to density functional theory and without collinear restriction for the spin directions. We show that the intermixing at the Cr/Fe interface, experimentally observed at the first stages of the Cr growth on Fe, originates ...

We have measured the superconducting transition temperature Tc of Ni/Nb/Ni trilayers when the magnetizations of the two outer Ni layers are parallel (P) and antiparallel (AP). The largest difference in occurs when the Nb thickness is just above the critical thickness at which superconductivity disappears completely. We have observed a difference in Tc between the P and AP states as large as 41 ...

The fabrication of SmCo-based nanomagnets exhibiting large coercivity and high magnetic moment has been a recent goal for materials research owing to the potential applications of these nanomagnets in high-performance permanent magnets and high-density data storage media. SmCo5 is one of the most important hard magnetic materials in the SmCo alloy system. This material adopts a hexagonal close-...

By combining Raman scattering from the cleaved edge and under hydrostatic pressure, we have accurately determined the tetragonal phonon deformation potentials of strained Si1−xGex alloys in the entire compositional range for the Ge-like, Si-like, and mixed Si–Ge optical modes. A known biaxial strain is induced on thin alloy layers by pseudomorphic epitaxial growth on silicon and subsequent capp...

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The functions and structures of Mo/Ni/MgO catalysts in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopy. Thin 2-5-walled CNTs with high purities (over 90%) have been successfully synthesized by catalytic decomposition of CH(4) over Mo/Ni/MgO catalysts...