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- Ahlberg, Martina, et al.
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Reversed interface effects in amorphous FeZr/AlZr multilayers
- 2014
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In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 90:18, s. 184403-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report an anomalous enhancement of the critical temperature (T-c) when the thickness (d) of the magnetic layer is decreased from 60 to 20 angstrom in amorphous FeZr/AlZr multilayers. Further reduction of the thickness causes a decrease of T-c, as expected by finite-size scaling, while the magnetic moment decreases monotonically for all values of d. The increase of the critical temperature is attributed to a reversed interface effect where local changes in the nearest-neighbor distance and coordination number gives a higher effective magnetic coupling at the interfaces compared to the interior of the layer. We have successfully described the results within a model where such interface effects are combined with finite-size scaling.
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