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Abstract
Nickel thin films were deposited to the different thicknesses onto glass substrates using electron-beam glancing angle deposition. The changes in the structural, chemical, and magnetic properties of the films have been investigated. The obtained morphological and microstructural results revealed that the deposited samples consisted of vertical columns with a thickness in the range of 50 nm to 140 nm and a diameter of 15 nm to 29 nm. With the increase in film thickness, the surface roughness increases as well. Chemical analysis showed that the main phase in the samples is metallic Ni, with a certain amount of NiO. In addition, magnetic measurements exhibit that all Ni films show typical hysteresis loops with a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. The coercivity was found to increase with the thickness up to 110 nm followed by its further decrease, probably due to the differences in the structure of the columns themselves as well as the combined contributions of two different antiferromagnetic (NiO) and ferromagnetic (Ni) phases created in the deposited nanostructures.
期刊介绍:
Vacuum is an international rapid publications journal with a focus on short communication. All papers are peer-reviewed, with the review process for short communication geared towards very fast turnaround times. The journal also published full research papers, thematic issues and selected papers from leading conferences.
A report in Vacuum should represent a major advance in an area that involves a controlled environment at pressures of one atmosphere or below.
The scope of the journal includes:
1. Vacuum; original developments in vacuum pumping and instrumentation, vacuum measurement, vacuum gas dynamics, gas-surface interactions, surface treatment for UHV applications and low outgassing, vacuum melting, sintering, and vacuum metrology. Technology and solutions for large-scale facilities (e.g., particle accelerators and fusion devices). New instrumentation ( e.g., detectors and electron microscopes).
2. Plasma science; advances in PVD, CVD, plasma-assisted CVD, ion sources, deposition processes and analysis.
3. Surface science; surface engineering, surface chemistry, surface analysis, crystal growth, ion-surface interactions and etching, nanometer-scale processing, surface modification.
4. Materials science; novel functional or structural materials. Metals, ceramics, and polymers. Experiments, simulations, and modelling for understanding structure-property relationships. Thin films and coatings. Nanostructures and ion implantation.