Morphology and Magnetic Properties of Ni Nanowires in Thin Film Anodic Alumina Templates

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The features of the morphology and magnetic properties of Ni nanowire arrays have been studied. Aluminum oxide matrices are used as a template for electrolytic deposition of nanowires. The matrices are obtained by anodizing the aluminum films with a thickness of 2 μm that are formed on glass substrates by high frequency ion sputtering. Electrochemical deposition of the metal is carried out using direct and alternating currents. Morphology and microstructure studies show that the nanowire arrays are polycrystalline and have a branched dendritic structure due to the morphological features of aluminum oxide matrices. A relationship between the magnetization reversal patterns and the modes of electrodeposition of Ni nanowire arrays is established. The process of magnetization reversal of an array of this kind of structures is simulated.

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A. E. Dryagina

Ural Federal University

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Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

A. N. Gorkovenko

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

N. A. Kulesh

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

E. V. Kurdyukov

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

A. V. Viblaya

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

A. A. Yushkov

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

A. A. Veryasova

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

V. I. Pastukhov

Ural Federal University; Institute of Nuclear Materials

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg; Zarechny

A. S. Kalashnikova

Ural Federal University

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

V. O. Vaskovsky

Ural Federal University; Miheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Anastasia.Driagina@urfu.me
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg; Ekaterinburg

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2. Fig. 1. Drawing of the barrier layer of one channel in the matrix of anodized aluminium

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3. Fig. 2. Scanning electron microscopy image of spalling of a sample with an array of Ni nanowires deposited in the DC (a) and AC (b) current regime

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4. Fig. 3. Transmission electron microscopy image of Ni nanowires deposited in DC (a) and AC (b) regimes. The insets show the corresponding diffractograms

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5. Fig. 4. Hysteresis loops obtained for samples with arrays of Ni nanowires deposited in the DC (a) and AC (b) current regime, measured parallel (red) and perpendicular (black) to the nanowire array axis

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6. Fig. 5. Schematic representation of the structure given during modelling with indication of branch sizes

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7. Fig. 6. Hysteresis loops obtained for Ni sample with dendritic structure (black and red lines, for calculations when the field is applied parallel and perpendicular to the structure axis, respectively) and nanowire (green and blue lines, for calculations when the field is applied parallel and perpendicular to the nanowire axis, respectively)

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8. Fig. 7. Hysteresis loops obtained for a Ni sample with a dendritic structure (black and red lines, for calculations when the field is applied parallel and perpendicular to the structure axis, respectively) and the same branch structure with a 5 nm Ni magnetic material sublayer (green and blue lines, for calculations when the field is applied parallel and perpendicular to the nanowire axis, respectively)

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