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Plasma ion heating produces L10 FePt nanoclusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Marlann Marinho Patterson ,
Xiangxin Rui ,
Xingzhong Li ,
Jeff E. Shield  and
David Sellmyer
Marlann Marinho Patterson
Affiliation:
pattersonm@uwstout.edu, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Dept. of Physics, Jarvis Hall 103 F Science Wing, Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States, 715 232-2153
Xiangxin Rui
Affiliation:
repreter@hotmail.com, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Mechanical Engineering, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0656, United States
Xingzhong Li
Affiliation:
xli2@unl.edu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0113, United States
Jeff E. Shield
Affiliation:
jshield2@unl.edu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Mechanical Engineering, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0656, United States
David Sellmyer
Affiliation:
dsellmyer1@unl.edu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Physics and Astronomy, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0113, United States
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Abstract

In this study, cubic and spherical FePt clusters were created by inert gas condensation in an argon-helium dc sputter discharge under different flow and target power conditions. The plasma recipes for spherical and cubic clusters called for high He:Ar ratio, low target power and low He:Ar ratio, high target power, respectively. As expected, Langmuir probe measurements show the recipes led to larger ion density for the cubic case (2 × 108 cm−3 versus 6 × 106 cm−3 for spherical). We conclude that the larger density of argon ions increased the cluster-ion collision probability, heating the clusters in situ to promote atomic rearrangements and the formation of the ordered L10 crystal structure rather than the disordered fcc structure.

Keywords

Femagnetic propertiessputtering
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1087: Symposium V – Crystal-Shape Control and Shape-Dependent Properties – Methods, Mechanism, Theory, and Simulation , 2008 , 1087-V08-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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