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Co crystals with three different structures are realized in the form of single-crystal thin films hetero-epitaxially grown on single-crystal substrates by ultrahigh vacuum rf magnetron sputtering. hcp-, fcc-, and bcc-Co single-crystal films are formed on Cr(211)bcc, Cu(100)fcc, and GaAs(110)B3, respectively. The film growth process is studied by RHEED, and the lattice constants of these Co films are determined by x-ray diffraction. The magnetization properties of these thin films are reflecting the magnetocrystalline anisotropies of Co crystals with the easy magnetization axes along hcp〈0001〉, fcc〈111〉, and bcc〈100〉 directions.

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Abstract. SmFe 5 (0001) single-crystal thin films are prepared by molecular beam epitaxy employing Cu(111) single-crystal underlayers on MgO(111) substrates. The Cu atoms diffuse into the Sm-Fe layer and substitute the Fe sites in SmFe 5 structure forming an alloy compound of Sm(Fe,Cu) 5 . The Sm(Fe,Cu) 5 film is more Cu enriched with increasing the substrate temperature. The Cu underlayer plays an important role in assisting the formation of the ordered phase.