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Fabrication and magnetic behavior of Co/Cu multilayered nanowires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Liwen Tan  and
Bethanie J.H. Stadler
Liwen Tan*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Bethanie J.H. Stadler
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Multilayered Co/Cu nanowires were fabricated using anodic alumina templates, containing 40-nm-diameter nanopores, and electrochemical deposition. The Cu layer thickness was varied to study the resulting differences in coercivity and magnetization reversal. Magnetization versus field loops both parallel and perpendicular to an applied field were measured to investigate the mechanisms of magnetization reversal. It was found that the coercivity decreased with increasing Cu thickness. In addition, the magnetization reversal appeared to be a combination of rotation and spin flipping, which was dependent on the Cu thickness and on the angle of the nanowires with the applied field.

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ElectrodepositionMagnetic propertiesCu
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 2870 - 2875
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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