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Physical properties of Fe films electrodeposited on porous Al substrates

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Two series of Fe thin films have been electrodeposited onto polycrystalline porous Al substrates using two baths: iron chloride (FeCl2) and iron sulfate (FeSO4). The texture, strain, and grain size values have been derived from X-ray diffraction experiments. Scanning electron microscopy has been employed for surface morphology. The magnetic properties were inferred from hysteresis curves that were obtained from a vibrating sample magnetometer; the external magnetic field was applied in different directions of the film plane and also perpendicular to the film. Hysteresis curves have been obtained at low temperatures (120 K (−153 °C) to room temperature). We investigate the effects of Al porosity, bath type, and deposition rate on physical properties of these Fe films. A correlation between the structural and magnetic properties is made. Different mechanisms responsible for the coercive field (H C) behavior have also been investigated.

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  1. Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences Exactes, Université A. Mira, Bejaia, 06000, Algeria

    M. Mebarki

  2. Centre de Recherche en Technologie des Semi-conducteurs pour l’Energétique (CRTSE), 2, Bd Frantz Fanon, BP 140 Alger 7, 16038, Merveilles, Algeria

    M. Mebarki

  3. L.E.S.I.M.S, Département de Physique, Université Ferhat Abbas, Sétif 1, 19000, Sétif, Algeria

    A. Layadi

  4. Laboratoire de Chimie, Ingénierie Moléculaire et Nanostructures (LCIMN), Département de Chimie, Université Ferhat Abbas-Sétif 1, 19000, Sétif, Algeria

    M. R. Khelladi & A. Azizi

  5. Joint International Laboratory LEMAC-LICS, IEMN CNRS 8520, PRES University Lille North of France, EC Lille, 59651, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    N. Tiercelin, V. Preobrazhensky & P. Pernod

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Mebarki, M., Layadi, A., Khelladi, M.R. et al. Physical properties of Fe films electrodeposited on porous Al substrates. J Mater Sci 52, 4472–4482 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0693-y

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