title: Ordered FePdCu nanoisland arrays made by templated solid-state dewetting.
abstract: Ordered FePdCu nanoisland arrays were formed by annealing at 600 °C, which caused solid state dewetting of [Cu/Fe/Pd] multilayers deposited on self-assembled SiO2 nanospheres with a size of 100 nm. A single FePdCu island was formed on the top of each SiO2 nanosphere. The structure of the obtained system was studied by x-ray diffraction (XRD), while its magnetic properties were studied by SQUID magnetometry. A partially ordered L10 alloy appeared in the annealed films, leading to magnetic hardening of the material. The paper presents the influence of the patterning on the system properties. It is shown that templated dewetting is a method providing nanoislands with well-controlled sizes and positions. The role of copper admixture in controlling the structural and magnetic properties is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krupinski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perzanowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarzycki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zabila
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marszałek