Magnetism of CoPd self-organized alloy clusters on Au(111)
Author(s) -
Philippe Ohresser,
Edwige Otero,
F. Wilhelm,
А. Рогалев,
C. Goyhenex,
L. Joly,
Hervé Bulou,
Michelangelo Romeo,
Virginie Speisser,
J. Arabski,
Guillaume Schull,
Fabrice Scheurer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.4846796
Subject(s) - magnetic circular dichroism , condensed matter physics , magnetic moment , magnetism , superparamagnetism , magnetic anisotropy , materials science , anisotropy , alloy , magnetization , ferromagnetism , magnetic field , physics , metallurgy , spectral line , optics , quantum mechanics , astronomy
Magnetic properties of gold-encapsulated CoxPd1−x self-organized nano-clusters on Au(111) are analyzed by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism for x = 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0. The clusters are superparamagnetic with a blocking temperature decreasing with increasing Pd concentration, due to a reduction of the out-of-plane anisotropy strength. No magnetic moment is detected on Pd in these clusters, within the detection limit, contrary to thick CoPd films. Both reduction of anisotropy and vanishing Pd moment are attributed to strain.
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