Ni-Fe/Cu/Co/Cu multilayered nanowire arrays were electrodeposited into anodic aluminum oxide template by using dual-bath method at room temperature. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy we...Ni-Fe/Cu/Co/Cu multilayered nanowire arrays were electrodeposited into anodic aluminum oxide template by using dual-bath method at room temperature. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the morphology and structure of the multilayered nanowire arrays. Vibrating sample magnetometer and physical property measurement system were used to measure their magnetic and giant magnetoresistance （GMR） properties. The effect of sub-layer thickness on the magnetic and GMR properties was investigated. The results indicate that magnetic properties of electmdeposited nanowires are not affected obviously by Cu layer thickness, while magnetic layers （Ni-Fe and Co layers） have significant influence. In addition, GMR ratio presents an oscillatory behavior as Cu layer thickness changes. The magnetic and GMR properties of the multilayered nanowire arrays are optimum at room temperature for the material structure of Ni-Fe （25 nm）/Cu （15 nm）/Co （25 nm）/Cu （15 nm） with 30 deposition cycles.展开更多
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin,China(08JCZDJC17400)
文摘Ni-Fe/Cu/Co/Cu multilayered nanowire arrays were electrodeposited into anodic aluminum oxide template by using dual-bath method at room temperature. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the morphology and structure of the multilayered nanowire arrays. Vibrating sample magnetometer and physical property measurement system were used to measure their magnetic and giant magnetoresistance （GMR） properties. The effect of sub-layer thickness on the magnetic and GMR properties was investigated. The results indicate that magnetic properties of electmdeposited nanowires are not affected obviously by Cu layer thickness, while magnetic layers （Ni-Fe and Co layers） have significant influence. In addition, GMR ratio presents an oscillatory behavior as Cu layer thickness changes. The magnetic and GMR properties of the multilayered nanowire arrays are optimum at room temperature for the material structure of Ni-Fe （25 nm）/Cu （15 nm）/Co （25 nm）/Cu （15 nm） with 30 deposition cycles.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60473082(国家自然科学基金)the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No.2003CB314801(国家重点基础研究发展计划(973))
