Preparation of Sputter-deposited Fe–Pd Thin Films

Magnetic properties of Fe–∼30 at% Pd films

“…The coercive force of Fe-B30 at% Pd sputtered films of Ref. [3] reaches only 36 Oe. The high coercive force of the present films could be ascribed to the surface anisotropy or the shape anisotropy of columnar grains possibly magnetically isolated by oxidation along grain boundaries.…”

“…So far, only few papers [1][2][3] have been published dealing with properties of Fe-Pd films with similar composition and structure. Inoue et al [1][2] reports on structure and the shape memory characteristics of Fe-Pd films with a thickness from 0.3 to 4 mm and a composition from about 25 to 32 at% Pd.…”

“…Inoue et al [1][2] reports on structure and the shape memory characteristics of Fe-Pd films with a thickness from 0.3 to 4 mm and a composition from about 25 to 32 at% Pd. Wang et al [3] focus on the dependence of the composition and structure of Fe-B30 at% Pd films on the sputter parameters such as substrate temperature, sputtering time and sputtering power.…”

Fe-Pd Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films Made By Dual Source DC Magnetron Sputtering

“…[13][14][15][16][17] The fabrication and characterization of Fe-Pd ferromagnetic SM alloy thin films has scarcely been reported. [18][19][20] Among few studies of Fe-Pd alloy thin films, 19,20) we have already reported the SM behavior of Fe-28-32 at%Pd films deposited from a composite target consisting of an Fe-Pd alloy disk and fine Pd wires. In our previous studies, however, films thicker than 2 mm were not deposited because of the configuration of the target arrangement, in which alloy composition was adjusted by using Pd wires, which became thinner rather rapidly.…”

Temperature dependence of magnetization in Fe–Pd thin films

“…This kind of shape memory alloys are smart materials that have attracted much attention by materials researchers due to their potential applications in magnetomechanical actuators and sensors [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The shape memory effect is based on the reorientation of the twin variants of the martensite phase.…”