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Chinese Physics, 2002, Vol. 11(7): 725-729    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/11/7/315
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Study of nanocrystalline Fe-Al-N soft magnetic thin films

Xie Tian (谢天), Zheng Dai-Shun (郑代顺), Li Xiao-Hong (李晓红), Ma Yun-Gui (马云贵), Wei Fu-Lin (魏福林), Yang Zheng (杨正)
Research Institute of Magnetic Materials, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract  Fe-Al-N films were fabricated by reactive sputtering using a radio-frequency magnetron sputtering system. The effects of Al and N content and annealing temperature on microstructure and magnetic properties were investigated. The Fe-Al-N films, which have good soft magnetic properties, consist of nanocrystalline α-Fe grains and a small amount of other phases in the boundaries of $\alpha$-Fe grains. The average $\alpha$-Fe grain size is about 10-15nm. A slight amount of Fe-N and Al-N compounds precipitate in the boundaries of $\alpha$-Fe grains and suppress their growth. Annealing improves the soft magnetic properties slightly by releasing the residual stress and reducing defects.
Keywords:  soft magnetic properties      nanocrystalline      lattice deformation  
Received:  26 November 2001      Revised:  19 January 2002      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  75.70.Ak (Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films)  
  75.50.Tt (Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials)  
  61.72.Mm (Grain and twin boundaries)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10174028).

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Xie Tian (谢天), Zheng Dai-Shun (郑代顺), Li Xiao-Hong (李晓红), Ma Yun-Gui (马云贵), Wei Fu-Lin (魏福林), Yang Zheng (杨正) Study of nanocrystalline Fe-Al-N soft magnetic thin films 2002 Chinese Physics 11 725

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