INFLUENCE OF STRESS AND SIZE OVER THE MAGNETIC RESPONSE OF NICKEL NANOWIRES Román López-Ruiz*, Fernando Luis and Juan Bartolomé Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC - Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Aluminium 1st anodization
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SYNTHESIS : AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ROUTE
It is possible to independently control the size and the aspect ratio of the nanowires.
Electrolyte V t1
A template-assisted method Alumina removal
K2Cr2O7 in H3PO4 10%
The film growth: Current control
1.1 μm
A. TOP
50 ºC 30 min
2nd anodization
The TC (D= infinite) shows a decrease of about 3 K with respect the bulk value. Stresses also modify TC.
Electrolyte V t2 Al2O3
Alumina (PAM) B. SIDE
Voltage reduction
850 nm
Barrier Layer
To 18 V Al
Metal Solution Room T
Porous Alumina Membrane: Hoenycomb structure
tplate
V controls pore diameter (D)
t2 controls pore length
The shape anisotropy role
The influence of T-induced stress NanoSpain 2008: NanoIberian Conference, Braga (Portugal) April 14-18, 2008
tplate controls wire length (L)
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Nanowires (NW)
Easy axis
Shape easy axis
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H Magnetoelastic easy axis
Kshape + Kstress
Kshape
Size influence on TC
300 K 5K
100 K
No sustaining aluminium
Stress origin is due to the different thermal contraction between ALUMINIUM and nickel. Experimental evidence ends a controversial question about the origin of this effect.
200 K
ROOM 400 K TEMPERATURE
Sustaining aluminium
600 K FM
Hysteresis loops does not reveal superparamagnetic blocking. Important in data storage applications.
Aluminium expansion produces a tensile stress that is the responsible of a coercive field maximum at room temperature.
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500 K
627 K Nickel bulk TC PM
Size influence in spin reversal
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Electroplating
The coercive field shows an agreement with “FANNING” reversal mode for diameters lower than 43 nm. For larger diameters, the “CURLING” reversal mode is in qualitatively agreement with our experimental data. *
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