超高密度磁记录介质的研究进展

总结了近年来超高密度磁记录介质的研究概况,着重介绍了垂直磁记录介质中L10相FePt薄膜的研究方法,并认为L10相FePt薄膜将会成为高密度磁盘记录介质的主流.倾斜磁记录、热辅助磁记录、图案记录等存储技术,目前处于实验室研究阶段,但是有望突破垂直磁记录的超顺磁极限,实现超高密度磁记录.     

不同工艺条件对FePt-AlN纳米薄膜磁性影响的研究

利用磁控溅射方法,在加热的单晶MgO(100)基片上制备了以AlN为母体的FePt薄膜,再经过真空热处理后,得到了具有垂直磁各向异性且无磁交换耦合作用的FePt薄膜;同时,研究了掺杂AlN含量、薄膜的厚度及退火温度对薄膜的磁性能的影响.结果表明,非磁性相AlN的添加能够降低磁交换耦合作用,但同时也会破坏薄膜的垂直磁各向异性.降低薄膜厚度,有利于改善薄膜的垂直磁各向异性,FePt-AlN薄膜的厚度为6nm且掺杂AlN含量达到40%时,经650℃热处理1h后薄膜具有良好垂直磁各向异性、适中矫顽力且无磁交换耦合作用.     

Sb对直流反应磁控溅射制备TiO2薄膜的影响

用直流磁控溅射方法在Si(100)面及载玻片上制备了Sb掺杂TiO2薄膜.利用XRD光谱研究了Sb对其薄膜结晶情况的影响,用AFM观察其表面形貌,利用分光光度计测量了TiO2薄膜的光学特性及其对亚甲基蓝的分解活性,通过测量和计算表面对水的接触角来衡量光致亲水性.研究结果表明纯TiO2薄膜为锐钛矿型,适量Sb的掺杂能使TiO2薄膜的结晶有显著改善,并出现Ti2O3和金红石相TiO2,薄膜的光催化活性和光致亲水性明显改善.随着掺杂量的增加,TiO2薄膜的吸收边逐渐红移.但Sb掺杂过量时,破坏了二氧化钛原有的晶格结构,光催化活性和光致亲水性也相应降低.     

新型磁存储介质L10有序FePt薄膜研究综述

L10有序FePt合金薄膜有大的各向异性能、矫顽力和饱和磁化强度,而且根据制备工艺条件的不同,其易磁化轴可以平行或垂直于膜面,因此极有可能成为下一代超高密度磁存储的介质,近年来引起了广泛的关注.详细介绍了Fept薄膜近年来的研究结果,分析了其大矫顽力的机制、降低有序化温度、控制易磁化轴取向、降低粒子间相互作用的方法等对磁存储至关重要的问题,并对其在磁存储中的应用前景作了分析.     

FePt单层连续膜和颗粒膜的制备与磁性能研究

利用磁控溅射在不同Ar气压下制备了不同膜厚的FePt薄膜。利用透射电镜(TEM)研究了溅射气压和膜厚对薄膜形貌的影响,利用振动样品磁强计(VSM)研究了溅射气压和膜厚对薄膜磁性能的影响。结果表明溅射气压和膜厚对溅射态单层FePt薄膜的表面形貌、颗粒尺寸有很大影响。随着溅射气压的增大,颗粒尺寸减小,从连续膜转变成颗粒膜;随着膜厚的增加,颗粒尺寸变大,从颗粒膜变成连续膜。通过调节溅射气压可以控制FePt的岛状结构,从而获得较理想的FePt颗粒薄膜。溅射气压和膜厚对经过热处理的L10-FePt薄膜的磁性能有很大影响。随着溅射气压增加,形核场由正值转变成负值,矩形比有增大趋势;随着厚度的增加,无序-有序相转变更充分。     

钇掺杂量和膜厚对HfO_2纳米薄膜相结构的影响

二氧化铪(HfO_2)是广泛应用于微电子器件制备的电介质绝缘材料,其高介电系数四方相或立方相的稳定受掺杂元素含量和薄膜厚度的共同影响。采用纯水基溶胶-凝胶法在低阻硅基底上制备不同厚度的钇掺杂HfO_2薄膜,通过对薄膜晶相结构的X射线衍射分析,明确了四方/立方相在室温下稳定的临界钇掺杂量和临界膜厚条件,并对薄膜介电系数随晶相结构的演变以及漏电流进行了测试分析,研究结果对于HfO_2材料的微纳电容器件应用具有重要参考价值。     

FePtAg-C纳米颗粒薄膜的制备及表征

采用磁控溅射法在硅基片上生长FePt纳米颗粒薄膜。在硅片表面生长MgO籽层用来引发FePt合金薄膜的fct织构,加入C来减小其颗粒尺寸,加入Ag来增强其L10有序度。采用X射线衍射仪（XRD）、超导量子干涉仪（SQUID）和高分辨率透射电镜（TEM）对FePt薄膜进行表征。结果表明制备的薄膜样品具有优良的L10相结构,其M-H曲线表明方形度很好,垂直矫顽力HC有2467 kA/m,颗粒大小为10.4 nm。该薄膜非常适合用做下一代高密度磁存储媒质,可有效提高信息存储密度。     

Fe/Pt磁性薄膜的研究进展

Fe/Pt合金薄膜是重要的磁性材料.介绍了Fe/Pt合金的晶体结构以及磁控溅射法、真空电弧离子法、机械冷变形法和化学合成法4种主要制备Fe/Pt合金薄膜的方法,并对影响Fe/Pt合金薄膜磁性能的重要因素进行了评述,包括改变热处理工艺参数和添加掺杂元素.最后指出,Fe/Pt纳米结构材料具有良好的化学稳定性和较高的磁晶各向异性,因而在超高密度信息存储领域有着巨大的应用潜力.     

掺杂不同比例Sr的La1-xSrxMnO3微结构研究

La1-xSrMnO3材料具有热致相变特性,成为具有潜在应用前景的空间小卫星热控功能材料.La1-xSrxMnO3是一种结构非常敏感性材料,掺杂比例对其结构和性能影响很大.本项研究中采用传统的固相反应方法,通过控制烧结温度、退火时间、成分配比等关键工艺参数,制备出不同掺杂比例的La1-xSrxMO3陶瓷片.利用X射线衍射分析了薄膜的成分、相结构、结晶情况.实验研究表明,La1-xSrxMnO3材料是结构敏感化合物,随着不同比例Sr掺杂,La1-xSrxMnO3材料的微结构将发生很大的变化.     

掺杂TiO2纳米膜光催化性能的研究进展

针对TiO2在实现清洁能源和净化环境方面的应用及其局限性,对各种类型掺杂TiO2薄膜的光催化性能进行了大量的研究.根据国内外近期在此领域的研究现状,综述了掺杂各种金属离子、非金属离子对TiO2薄膜的光催化活性机理的影响.掺杂主要是通过影响薄膜的晶相组成、能级、可见光响应范围等来改善光催化性能.对于TiO2薄膜,涂膜基体、热处理的制度和气氛等也有重要的影响.     

High-density perpendicular magnetic recording media of granular-type (FePt/MgO)/soft underlayer

Perpendicular magnetic recording media, composed of granular-type FePt-MgO films on Fe-Ta-C soft magnetic underlayer (SUL), have been fabricated on to 2.5-in glass disks. [001] textured FePt granular films with high-perpendicular magnetic anisotropy were obtained by annealing the FePt/MgO multilayer films. The FePt grain size, perpendicular coercivity, magnetic activation volume, and the exchange coupling between the FePt grains were found to be strongly dependent on the initial multilayer structures and the annealing conditions. The recording performance of the disks was evaluated by a spin-stand. The obtained results reveal a close correlation between the recording performance and magnetic properties. The thermal stability of the granular-type FePt media was studied using high-temperature magnetic force microscopy (MFM) technique, equipped with in situ sample heating, in the temperature range 25/spl deg/C-200/spl deg/C. The estimated signal decay at high temperature is ascribed to the temperature dependent magnetic anisotropy behavior.     

Self-assembled nano-size FePt islands for ultra-high density magnetic recording media

To find a method to form nano-size FePt alloy for ultra-high density magnetic recording media, this work concentrated on the formation mechanisms of nano-island FePt films on amorphous glass substrates. FePt films of different thicknesses (1-10 nm) were deposited on amorphous glass substrates and post-annealed at 700 °C for 10 and 30 min. The configuration of the film changed during the annealing process due to the surface energy difference between the glass substrate and FePt alloy. Investigation of the microstructures and magnetic properties of the ordered L1₀ FePt films revealed that the 1 nm FePt film annealed at 700 °C for 10 min had perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and good reproducibility of forming well-separated FePt nano-size islands for ultra-high density magnetic recording media.     

FePt-Ag nanocomposite thin films with longitudinal magnetic anisotropy

A well-controlled method to fabricate FePt thin films with the (200) texture and longitudinal magnetic anisotropy for high-density magnetic recording media is reported. FePt-Ag nanocomposite thin films with L1(0) ordered FePt grains embedded in an Ag matrix were deposited on the Cr90Ru10/glass by co-sputtering from Ag and FePt targets. The Ag doping suppressed the (001) texture but improved the L1(0) FePt (200) texture. The magnetic easy axis of FePt-Ag thin films changed from perpendicular to longitudinal in direction. In-plane coercivity of the films varied from 0.8 kOe to 6.5 kOe, depending on Ag contents in the films and under-layer thickness. The change from the (001) to (200) texture could be due to the competition of grain-boundary energy and epitaxial-strain energy.     

FePt nanocluster films for high-density magnetic recording

High anisotropy L1(0) ordered FePt thin films are considered to have high potential for use as high areal density recording media, beyond 1 Tera bit/in2. In this paper, we review recent results on the synthesis and magnetic properties of L1(0) FePt nanocomposite films. Several fabrication methods have been developed to produce high-anisotropy FePt films: epitaxial and non-epitaxial growth of (001)-oriented FePt:X (X = Au, Ag, Cu, C, etc.) composite films that might be used for perpendicular media; monodispersed FePt nanocluster-assembled films grown with a gas-aggregation technique and having uniform cluster size and narrow size distribution; self-assembled FePt particles prepared with chemical synthesis by reduction/decomposition techniques, etc. The magnetic properties are controllable through variations in the nanocluster properties and nanostructure. FePt and related films show promise for development as heat-assisted magnetic recording media at extremely high areal densities. The self-assembled FePt arrays show potential for approaching the ultimate goal of single-grain-per-bit patterned media.     

Effects of Os inserted layers on the microstructures and magnetic properties of the FePt films

The microstructure and magnetic properties of multilayer [Os(t)/FePt(x)]n films on a glass substrate with a 10 nm Os buffer layer by ion beam sputtering have been studied as a function of the annealing temperatures between 300 and 800 degrees C. Here, t = 0.2, 1 or 5 nm and x varied from 10, 20, 25, 50, to 100 nm with its associated n value of 10, 5, 4, 2, and 1, respectively. No diffusion evidence was found in samples with a thin Os layer and t > or = 1 nm. The average grain size of the multilayer films can be well controlled by both annealing temperature and thickness of the FePt layer by a very thin Os space layer with t > or = 1 nm. The enhancement of H(c) can be understood from the fact that for a FePt film with an Os spacer layers, the increasing number of Os layer will inhibit the grain growth of FePt grains and enriches the grain boundary. We have experimentally demonstrated that even with a very thin 1 nm Os spacer layers, the [Os(t)/FePt(x)]n multilayer films can exhibit good hard magnetic properties and are attractive candidates for ultrahigh density magnetic recording media.     

The effect of thickness on the texture and magnetic properties of single-layered FePt films by rapid thermal annealing

The single-layered FePt films with thickness in the range of 5 to 50 nm are deposited directly on Si(100) substrate without underlayer, then post annealed at 700 degrees C by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) technique. As the film thickness of FePt is over 20 nm, the L1(0) FePt(111) preferred orientation is presented and tended to in-plane magnetic anisotropy. However, the L1(0) FePt(001) texture is obtained and exhibited perpendicular magnetic anisotropy as the film thickness is decreased to 10 nm. Its perpendicular coercivity (Hc(perpendicular)), saturation magnetization (Ms) and perpendicular squareness (S(perpendicular)) are 14.8 kOe, 795 emu/cm3 and 0.79, respectively. On the other hand, both the grain size and domain size of FePt film decrease with decreasing the film thickness of FePt. The grain size for 10-nm FePt film is as small as 9.7 nm with domain size of 123 nm, which reveal its significant potential as perpendicular magnetic recording media for ultra high-density recording.     

L10 ordered FePt based double-layered perpendicular recording media with (002) oriented FeCo films as a soft magnetic underlayer

The introduction of the soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) in perpendicular recording technology is to further increase the recording areal density. However, problems such as growth of the uncontrollable recording layer and additional media noise contributed from the SUL could be resulted. In this work, a synthetic antiferromagnetically (SAF) coupled (002) oriented Fe₆₅Co₃₅ film as an SUL was developed for L1₀ ordered FePt based double-layered recording media. The crystallography of hetero-epitaxially grown double-layered media CrRu/(Ru/FeCo)₂/Pt/FePt/Ru was demonstrated. The L1₀ ordered FePt based double-layered perpendicular recording media with SAF coupled FeCo films as the SUL were developed.     

Substrate effects on surface morphologies and magnetic properties of nanostructured FePt thin films

The substrate effects on surface morphologies, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of the sputter-deposited FePt thin films on Corning 1737, normal glass, and Si wafer substrates, respectively, were investigated. High in-plane coercivities of 10 kOe were obtained for the air-annealed films on Corning 1737 and Si wafer, where both films similarly have granular-like morphologies. Besides, increasing grain size and surface roughness of all the FePt films with the post-anneal temperature were observed. Moreover, partially separated grains were seen in the film on Si wafer, where the formation of Fe silicides during post-anneal is suspected, in which has enhanced the magnetic ordering.