Spin-Reorientation Transition in Fe-Ni-B-Nb thin films

• Spontaneous perpendicular magnetization manifested by transcritical loops and stripe domain magnetic pattern have been observed for nanocrystalline film (~408nm) of Fe-Ni-B-Nb alloy grown by pulse laser deposition (PLD) which, otherwise, could not be seen for thinner films (≤100 nm) and at low temperatures (≤225K). Thermal treatment of thicker films (408nm) was found to affect the global magnetic behaviors by transforming transcritical loops to simple square type. Temperature dependence of magnetization M (T) and AC susceptibility measurement revealed that intergranular amorphous matrix gets magnetically order/disorder as a function of temperature by giving rise to different global magnetic behaviors at different temperatures.    

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Annan materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Other Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

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