Magnetoelectric effect in AlN/CoFe bi-layer thin film composites

作者: S. Narendra Babu , Seong-Gi Min , Amin Yourdkhani , Gabriel Caruntu , Leszek Malkinski

DOI: 10.1063/1.3679042

关键词: Wide-bandgap semiconductorPiezoelectricityFerromagnetismMagnetoelectric effectThin filmComposite materialNitridePiezoresponse force microscopySputter depositionMaterials science

摘要: The present work is aimed at fabricating bi-layer aluminum nitride (AlN)/cobalt iron (CoFe) magnetoelectric (ME) thin films using reactive rf/dc magnetron sputtering. A systematic study on structural, morphological, piezoelectric, magnetic and properties undertaken. Except for AlN CoFe, no other phases were detected with the layer thicknesses measured 160 130 nm, respectively. rms roughness was around 2.096 nm 1.806 CoFe. film exhibited both good piezoelectricity ferromagnetism, as well ME effect. 52% change observed in piezoelectric signal, field assisted piezoresponse force microscopy, can be ascribed to existence of a stress-mediated coupling between

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