title: Thickness dependent structural, magnetic and transport properties of nanostructured cobalt thin films.
abstract: This paper presents structural, magnetic, and transport properties measurements carried out on Co thin film as a function of thickness. The structure of the Co thin film changes from amorphous to nano-crystalline with the increase in film thickness. The corresponding magnetic and transport measurements show drastic changes in coercivity, saturation field and resistivity value as a function of Co film thickness. Observed magnetization and resistivity behaviour is mainly attributed to the (i) Change in crystal structure, (ii) stress relaxation, (iii) grain growth as revealed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements.
authors.affiliation: University Grant Commission - Department of Atomic Energy Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Indore 452017, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brajpuriya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shripathi
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004579:Electron Transport; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008280:Magnetics; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D003035:Cobalt