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Magnetic properties of nanostructures including an antiferromagnetic (NiFe)1-хMnx alloy have been studied for various modes of this AFM layer preparation. The possibility for application of the AFM (NiFe)1-хMnx alloy as a material of the pinning layer in spin valves is discussed.

Structural features of interfaces in [Co/Cu]n superlattices obtained by magnetron sputtering have been studied by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Modification of interface structural characteristics and magnetoresistive properties of the superlattices with the increase of the number of [Co/C] bilayers is analyzed. Correlation between magnetoresistance and interface structural characteristics has been revealed.

A mechanism of unidirectional exchange anisotropy formation at thermo-magnetic treatment of permalloy-manganese bilayers has been studied. A shift of hysteresis loops appears at annealing beginning from 230 degrees C. The maximal exchange field of 155 Oe is reached after the 250 degrees C annealing for 2 h. As demonstrated by transmission electron microscopy, the exchange bias and the coercivity growth result from an ordered anti-ferromagnetic NiFeMn phase formation due to the diffusion interaction of permalloy and manganese at annealing.