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Epitaxial Co/NiAl Thin Film Growth on Si Substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Heng Gong ,
Wei Yang ,
David N. Lambeth  and
David E. Laughlin
Heng Gong
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, [email protected], Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Wei Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
David N. Lambeth
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
David E. Laughlin
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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Abstract

Quad-crystal Co/NiAl/Ag thin films were epitaxially grown on hydrofluoric acid etched Si(111) single crystal substrates by sputter deposition. The orientation relationship was studied by x-ray 0/20 diffraction and pole figure Φ-scan, and it was determined to be Co(1011) ‖ NiAl(110) ‖ Ag(111) ‖ Si(111). The Ag layer contains two twin-related orientations of grains. NiAl grows with three variants of grains on the Ag(111) layer. Since Co(1011) contains grains with four possible easy axis directions when grown on each NiAl variant, the quad-crystal media consist of grains with twelve easy axis directions and exhibit nearly isotropic in-plane magnetic properties. Meanwhile, uni-crystal Co(1010)/NiAl(112) films were also epitaxially grown on Ag(110)/HF-Si(110) templates. The orientation relationships determined from these epitaxial films were very useful in understanding the texture evolution of the Co alloys on NiAl. It indicates that the Co (1010) texture evolution on the (110) texture of NiAl on amorphous substrates, such as NiP/AlMg or glass, is due to a difficult to observe NiAI (112) texture on the top of the (110) texture.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 577: Symposium H – Advanced Hard and Soft Magnetic Materials , 1999 , 359
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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