Clay-based nanostructured multilayers, such as clay-polymer multilayers and clay-oxide multilayers, have attracted growing attention owing to their remarkable mechanical properties and promising application in various fields. In this paper, synthesis of a new kind of nanostructured clay-oxide multilayers by layer-by-layer self-assembly was explored. Nano-mechanical characterization of 18 clay-b...

We report a direct method to amplify the exponential growth of multilayers significantly by the alternating deposition of polyethylenimine (PEI) at high pH and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) at low pH. The alternating pH switches the degree of ionization of the polyelectrolytes in the multilayers, which enhances the diffusion of PEI into and out of the film and hence increases the deposited mass per ...

We have investigated magnetization reversal in nanostructured Co/Pd multilayers. Interestingly enough, reversal phenomena in this system were found to be very sensitive to the Co-sublayer thickness and very contrasting reversal behaviors were observed between the samples having 2-Å-thick Co and 4-Å-thick Co sublayers. Direct domain observation and time-dependent magnetization viscosity curves r...

The outlook for improving the energy product of permanent magnets beyond the theoretical limit of 516kJ/m3 for Nd,Fe,,B is discussed. Most promising are nanostructured two-phase magnets consisting of an aligned hard-magnetic skeleton phase possessing exceptionally high uniaxial anisotropy and a soft-magnetic phase which assures a high magnetization. Brown’s paradox is discussed for inhomogeneou...

X-ray standing wave fields, excited in periodic nanostructured multilayers during Bragg diffraction, have been used to probe atomic migration in multilayers. Ion beam induced migration of Fe impurity atoms from the C layers to the Pt layers in a Pt(Fe)/C(Fe) multilayer, where each layer is about 2 nm thick, has been detected. With a depth resolution better than 0.2 nm of this technique, the dir...

Nanostructured magnetic materials are intensively investigated due to their unusual properties and promise for possible applications. The key issue for these materials is to understand the limits between their physical properties (transport, magnetism, mechanical, etc.) and their chemical–physical structure. In principle, a detailed knowledge of the chemical and physical structures allows calcu...

Sputtered reactive multilayers applied as a heat source in electronic joining processes are 11 an emerging technology. It promises low-stress assembly of components while improving the 12 thermal contact and thus thermal resistance. The use of nanostructures can significantly enhance 13 the adhesion and reliability of joints between different materials. This work presents a 14 phenomenological ...

Nanostructured materials are a new class of materials which provide one of the greatest potentials for improving performance and extended capabilities of products in a number of industrial sectors, including the aerospace, tooling, automotive, electronic, recording, cosmetics, electric motor, duplication, and refrigeration industries. Encompassed by this class of materials are multilayers, nano...