Face centred cubic cobalt ultrathin-layers in Au/Co(111) multilayers: a study by electron diffraction and by HREM

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作者
Jomni, S
Mliki, N [1 ]
Belhi, R
Abdelmoula, K
Ayadi, M
Nihoul, G
机构
[1] Fac Sci Tunis, Dept Phys, Equipe Microscopie Elect, Tunis 1060, Tunisia
[2] Fac Sci Tunis, Dept Phys, Equipe Mat Condensee, Tunis 1060, Tunisia
[3] Univ Toulon & Var, F-83957 La Garde, France
关键词
thin film structure and morphology; structure and morphology; thickness; low-dimensional structure;
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10.1016/S0040-6090(00)00916-0
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The structure of various Co/Au(111) multilayers has been investigated, using electron diffraction and high resolution electron microscopy (HREM). The multilayers were grown by electron beam evaporation on a float glass substrate. The cobalt layers exhibit a face centred cubic (f.c.c.) structure with the cobalt [111] axis parallel to the gold [111] axis. For cobalt layers, this f.c.c. structure hadn't been observed in Co/Au multilayers before. Measurements were done on digitized electron diffraction patterns and high resolution images. An important volume expansion of thr cobalt lattice and good epitaxial relations between cobalt and gold were observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码:186 / 191
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