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    The effect of single crystalline substrates and ion-beam bombardment on exchange bias in nanocrystalline NiO/Ni80Fe20 bilayers
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-12-23) Cortie, DL; Shueh, C; Lai, BC; Pong, PWT; van Lierop, J; Klose, F; Lin, KW
    Methods to modify the magnetic coercivity and exchange bias field of nanocrystalline antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic NiO/Ni 80 Fe 20 thin films were investigated for bilayers grown using ion-assisted deposition onto different single crystalline substrates. An enhanced coercivity was found at 298 K for the films deposited on single crystalline MgO (100) and Al 2 O 3 (11-20) substrates. After field cooling the films to 50 K, the NiO/NiFe bilayer grown on Al 2 O 3 (11-20) exhibited the largest exchange bias ( - 25 Oe). The second part of the study investigated ion-beam modification of the ferromagnetic surface prior to the deposition of the NiO layer. A range of ion-beam bombardment energies (V EH ) were used to modify in situ the NiFe surface during the deposition of NiO/NiFe/SiO 2 films. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy showed a systematic reduction in the thickness of the NiFe layers with increasing Ar + bombardment energies attributed to etching of the surface. In addition, the bombardment procedure modified the magnetic exchange bias of the composite structure in both the as-prepared and field-cooled state. © 2013 IEEE