The structural properties of thermally evaporated Al-Fe layers were studied as a function of the aluminium layer thickness delta-Al (taking values of 1, 2 and 4 nm), with an iron layer of constant thickness, delta-Fe = 30 nm. The quality and orientation of the material were examined by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Crystallites of alpha-Fe oriented in the (110) direction were around 7-8 nm in size for any value of delta-Al except near delta-Al = 1 nm where a mostly amorphous iron layer was obtained. It was also verified that a bilayer of composition delta-Al = 2 nm and delta-Fe = 30 nm, twice repeated, led to a two-phase metal system consisting of an amorphous component and crystalline alpha-Fe type material texturized along the (110) direction. The Fe3Al phase was also detected in the bilayer structure with delta-Al = 4 nm.

MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FE-AL THIN-FILMS / Bonetti, E; Enzo, Stefano; Sberveglieri, G; Valdre, G; Groppelli, S; RI Sberveglieri Giorgio/A 5030, 2010. - In: THIN SOLID FILMS. - ISSN 0040-6090. - 204:2(1991), pp. 377-384. [10.1016/0040-6090(91)90076-A]

MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FE-AL THIN-FILMS

ENZO, Stefano;
1991-01-01

Abstract

The structural properties of thermally evaporated Al-Fe layers were studied as a function of the aluminium layer thickness delta-Al (taking values of 1, 2 and 4 nm), with an iron layer of constant thickness, delta-Fe = 30 nm. The quality and orientation of the material were examined by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Crystallites of alpha-Fe oriented in the (110) direction were around 7-8 nm in size for any value of delta-Al except near delta-Al = 1 nm where a mostly amorphous iron layer was obtained. It was also verified that a bilayer of composition delta-Al = 2 nm and delta-Fe = 30 nm, twice repeated, led to a two-phase metal system consisting of an amorphous component and crystalline alpha-Fe type material texturized along the (110) direction. The Fe3Al phase was also detected in the bilayer structure with delta-Al = 4 nm.
1991
MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FE-AL THIN-FILMS / Bonetti, E; Enzo, Stefano; Sberveglieri, G; Valdre, G; Groppelli, S; RI Sberveglieri Giorgio/A 5030, 2010. - In: THIN SOLID FILMS. - ISSN 0040-6090. - 204:2(1991), pp. 377-384. [10.1016/0040-6090(91)90076-A]
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