High coercivity nanostructured networks

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Abstract
Films of Fe, Co, and Co 35 Fe 65 alloy have been sputter deposited onto the surface of porous nanochannel alumina substrates producing nanostructured contiguous magnetic “networks.” Large room temperature coercivities have been measured which approximately scale with the bulk saturation magnetization of the material used. In the as-deposited state the largest coercivities (e.g., >1000 Oe for Co 35 Fe 65 ) are observed in ∼15-nm-thick networks deposited on the smallest commercially available pore size substrates (those having an average pore diameter of ∼20 nm and a wall thickness of ∼15 nm). Preliminary studies of the effects of annealing indicate that coercivities can be substantially increased (by as much as ∼50%) with an appropriate post-deposition thermal treatment.