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Compositional separation in CoCr based alloy films
Author(s) -
Maeda Yasushi
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050311
Subject(s) - materials science , alloy , microstructure , thin film , chemical engineering , metallurgy , nanotechnology , engineering
CoCr Based alloy thin films are being studied extensively for applications as high‐density magnetic recording media. The observation of a compositional microstructure the “chrysanthemum‐like pattern” (CP) in the Figure, is the first step towards understanding the mechanisms that make such applications possible. Much work remains to be done on the origin of the compositional separation causing the CP and on methods of controlling the CP.