title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt/Palladium Multilayer Film and Nanodiscs on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrate.
abstract: Cobalt/Palladium (Co/Pd) multilayer film and nanodisc samples were fabricated on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. The effects of surface roughness and grain size of PET substrate, the Co/Pd layer and the Au intermediate layer on the magnetic properties of these samples were investigated. We observed that the coercivity for Co/Pd films deposited directly on a smoother PET substrate is significantly smaller when compared with Co/Pd films deposited at the same time on Au buffer layer. The patterned Co/Pd nanodisc array exhibited a larger coercivity than the corresponding continuous film due to lower probability of finding nucleation sites in reduced film area.
authors.forename: Bihan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xinming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zongbin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Adeyeye
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Choi