Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Keywords
atomic force microscopy, boron alloys, cobalt alloys, doping, iron alloys, magnetic anisotropy, magnetic domains, magnetic force microscopy, magnetoresistance, micromagnetics, niobium alloys, silicon alloys, surface magnetism, surface roughness
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975134
Abstract
The surface roughness,surface magnetic domain structure(SMDS), and high frequency magneto-impedance (MI) response of melt-extracted Co69.25Fe4.25Si13B13.5 microwires with 1 at.%Nb substitution for B have been studied byatomic force microscopy(AFM),magnetic force microscopy(MFM), and impedance analyzer, respectively. We show that theNbdoping significantly increases the domain width from 729 to 1028 nm, while preserving the lowsurface roughness (∼2 nm) of the base composition. As a result, a greater improvement of the high frequency MI response (∼300%/Oe at 20 MHz) is achieved in the Nb-doped microwire. A well-defined circumferentialanisotropy formed with Nb-substitution is key to a highly sensitive MI fieldsensor.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
AIP Advances, v. 7, issue 5, art. 056643
Scholar Commons Citation
Eggers, T.; Thiabgoh, O.; Jiang, S. D.; Shen, H. X.; Liu, J. S.; Sun, J. F.; Srikanth, H.; and Phan, M. H., "Tailoring Circular Magnetic Domain Structure and High Frequency Magneto-impedance of Melt-extracted Co69.25Fe4.25Si13B13.5 Microwires through Nb Doping" (2017). Physics Faculty Publications. 72.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/phy_facpub/72
