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Magnetotransport and magnetic properties of amorphous [Formula: see text] thin films.


ABSTRACT: [Formula: see text] is an intermetallic compound with a bulk Curie temperature ([Formula: see text]) of 6-13 K. While existing studies have focused on [Formula: see text] crystals, amorphous thin-films of [Formula: see text] are potentially important since they would be magnetically soft without magnetocrystalline anisotropy, meaning that small external magnetic fields could reverse the direction of their magnetization. Here, we report [Formula: see text] thin-films with a thickness in the 5-200 nm range, deposited by DC magnetron sputtering onto Si(100). Films are amorphous with a weak temperature-dependent resistivity with values ranging between 150 and 300 [Formula: see text] cm. By means of noise spectroscopy, by analyzing the time-dependence of fluctuation-induced voltages, it is found that at low temperatures the resistance fluctuations are due to the Kondo effect. Volume magnetometry indicates [Formula: see text] K with a magnetic coercive field of 30 mT at 5 K for a 125-nm-thick film. The results are promising for the development of Ferromagnet(F)/Superconductor(S)/Ferromagnet(F) pseudo spin-valve devices based on amorphous [Formula: see text] thin films.

SUBMITTER: Cirillo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426968 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Magnetotransport and magnetic properties of amorphous [Formula: see text] thin films.

Cirillo Carla C   Barone Carlo C   Bradshaw Harry H   Urban Francesca F   Di Bernardo Angelo A   Mauro Costantino C   Robinson Jason W A JWA   Pagano Sergio S   Attanasio Carmine C  

Scientific reports 20200813 1


[Formula: see text] is an intermetallic compound with a bulk Curie temperature ([Formula: see text]) of 6-13 K. While existing studies have focused on [Formula: see text] crystals, amorphous thin-films of [Formula: see text] are potentially important since they would be magnetically soft without magnetocrystalline anisotropy, meaning that small external magnetic fields could reverse the direction of their magnetization. Here, we report [Formula: see text] thin-films with a thickness in the 5-200  ...[more]

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