Surfactant-Mediated Modification of the Magnetic Properties of CoCu(111) Thin Films and Superlattices
- 3 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (23) , 4428-4431
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.4428
Abstract
Deposition of Pb on Cu(111) prior to the growth of Co/Cu superlattices changes the magnetic properties of the latter. The use of a surfactant induces layer-by-layer growth of Co and delays the fcc to hcp structural transition. As a consequence, the easy axis of magnetization remains perpendicular to the plane for Co/Cu films grown with Pb. On the other hand, the elimination of twinning in the Cu spacers grown with surfactants allows the observation of complete antiferromagnetic coupling in Co/Cu superlattices for both in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization.Keywords
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