<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Highly-ordered ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with diameters of about 50 nm have been fabricated by alternating current (AC) electrodeposition into the nanochannels of porous anodic aluminum oxide templates. SEM and TEM results indicate that the alloy nanowires are highly ordered. XRD and HRTEM results show that the ternary FeCoNi alloy nanowires are polycrystalline, with HCP-FCC dual phase structure. Magnetic measurements demonstrate that the ternary alloy nanowire arrays have an obvious magnetic anisotropy with an easy magnetization direction being parallel to the nanowire arrays. Along the easy magnetization direction, the coercivity (Hc) and squareness ratio (S) increase as the annealing temperature increases, and reach a maximum level (Hc = 1337 Oe, S = 0.96) at 300 °C.</p></abstract>

Highly-ordered ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with diameters of about 50 nm have been fabricated by alternating current (AC) electrodeposition into the nanochannels of porous anodic aluminum oxide templates. SEM and TEM results indicate that the alloy nanowires are highly ordered. XRD and HRTEM results show that the ternary FeCoNi alloy nanowires are polycrystalline, with HCP-FCC dual phase structure. Magnetic measurements demonstrate that the ternary alloy nanowire arrays have an obvious magnetic anisotropy with an easy magnetization direction being parallel to the nanowire arrays. Along the easy magnetization direction, the coercivity (Hc) and squareness ratio (S) increase as the annealing temperature increases, and reach a maximum level (Hc = 1337 Oe, S = 0.96) at 300 °C.

Electrodeposition and magnetic properties of ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with high squareness ratio

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China

Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China

Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China

Materials Science-Poland

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Highly-ordered ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with diameters of about 50 nm have been fabricated by alternating current (AC) electrodeposition into the...

Electrodeposition and magnetic properties of ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with high squareness ratio

Published Online: Sep 14, 2012

Page range: 259 - 263

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0031-2

Keywords
electrodeposition, magnetic properties, Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowires, porous anodic aluminum oxide template

© 2012 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Electrodeposition and magnetic properties of ternary Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowire arrays with high squareness ratio

Published Online: Sep 14, 2012

Page range: 259 - 263

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0031-2

Keywordselectrodeposition, magnetic properties, Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowires, porous anodic aluminum oxide template

© 2012 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
electrodeposition, magnetic properties, Fe-Co-Ni alloy nanowires, porous anodic aluminum oxide template