Zr C ∕ Zr B 2 multilayers with nanoscale bilayer periods were synthesized by rf magnetron sputtering. The analysis of x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, and nanoindentation indicated that multilayers possessed much higher hardness than the rule-of-mixture value of monolithic ZrC and ZrB2 coatings. A maximum hardness (over 47GPa) was observed in the multilayer with 27.7-nm-thick bilayer period deposited at 400°C. Higher residual stress built in the ZrC layer can be released by periodic insertion of ZrB2 into ZrC layer. The enhanced mechanical properties were related to the multilayered structure with mixed ZrB2(001), ZrB2(002), and ZrC(111) orientations.
[Fe1−δ(FeO)δ]x(TiO2)1−x (0≤δ≤0.91, 0.34≤x≤0.54) granular films were fabricated by magnetron sputtering. Large coercivity (HC = 10.5 kOe) and exchange-bias-field (HE = 6.5 kOe) at 5 K were found in the film with δ=0.84 and x = 0.48. AC susceptibility measurements exhibit a frequency (f) dependent peak Tf in the in-phase susceptibility curve. The fitting of the relation of Tf vs f with both the Vogel-Fulcher law and critical slowing down theory indicate that the evident enhancement of the HC and HE can be qualitatively ascribed to the existence of cluster-spin glass state. The results may help to deeply understand the origin of exchange bias and related effects.
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