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Muñoz Noval, Álvaro and Fin, S. and Salas Colera, E. and Bisero, D. and Ranchal Sánchez, Rocío (2018) The role of surface to bulk ratio on the development of magnetic anisotropy in high Ga content Fe100-xGax thin films. Journal of alloys and compounds, 745 . pp. 413-420. ISSN 0925-8388
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.223
Abstract
In this work we show the development of bulk in-plane magnetic anisotropy in high Ga-content (Ga = 28 at. %) Fe_(100-x)Ga_x thin films as the layer thickness increases. This result is in clear contrast with the generally reported decrease of this anisotropy with the film thickness. We propose the interrelation between the enhancement of the Ga-pair correlations and a collinear distortion of the bcc structure within the sample plane as the origin of the magnetic anisotropy. Our results have been obtained by employing a combination of long and local range structural probe techniques with bulk and surface magnetic characterization techniques. The key point shown in this work is that the in-plane structural anisotropy and hence, the magnetic anisotropy, are developed as the layer thickness increases. This fact strongly suggests that the surface to bulk free energy ratio plays a key role in the formation of ordered phases with a distorted bcc cell in Fe_(100-x)Ga_x films with x around 28 at. %. Our work also shows the arising of new phenomena in these high Ga content alloys due to the close correlation between structural and magnetic properties.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier B.V. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fe-Ga; Absorption; Alloys; Beamline |
Subjects: | Sciences > Physics > Materials Sciences > Physics > Solid state physics |
ID Code: | 47630 |
Deposited On: | 18 May 2018 17:06 |
Last Modified: | 15 May 2020 23:01 |
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