Nickel films with the thicknesses of 30 and 120 nm were deposited on glass substrates, at different substrate temperatures (313 to 600 K) under uhv condition. The nano-structure of the films and mean diameter of grains was obtained for each films using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Their optical properties were measured by spectrophotometry in the spectral range of 190-2500 nm. Kramers-Kronig ...

In this study, we demonstrated the magnetoelectric control of magnetic thin films. (111)-textured Pd/Ni/ Pd thin films were prepared on mica/lead zirconium titanate (PZT) substrates for the investigation. The reversible modulation of magnetic coercivity in Ni films was observed through the electric-voltagecontrolled strain variation from the PZT substrate. For 14 nm Ni film, the applied electri...

Ni L- and Ti L-edge as well as Ti K-edge X-ray absorption experiments for TiO2 thin films and Ni-doped TiO2 thin films coated on glass plates were performed using synchrotron radiation to investigate the structures around Ni and Ti ions in the films. The obtained spectra were compared with the results of theoretical calculations. It has consequently been found that the spectral features were af...

Soft magnetic properties of Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si thin films were studied. As-deposited Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si nano-grained thin films showing no magnetic anisotropy were subjected to field-annealing at different temperatures to induce magnetic anisotropy. Optimized magnetic and electrical properties of Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Cr-Si films annealed at 200 ◦C are saturation magnetization 9.13 × 105 A/m, coercivity 79...

Ni-doped diamond like carbon (NiDLC) thin films were deposited on Si substrates by cosputtering a pure Ni target with different DC powers (10, 20, 30, and 40 W) and a pure graphite target with a DC power of about 650 W at room temperature. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to measure the chemical composition and binding energy of the NiDLC thin films, and the C bonding structures ...

Systematic studies of nanocrystalline nickel tungstate, NiWO4, thin films were performed by several experimental techniques such as Ni Kand W L1,3-edges X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and cyclic voltammetry measurements. We found that the NiWO4 thin films exhibit electrochromic properties similar to that of amorphous tungsten trioxi...

In this study, lithium thio-germanate thin film electrolytes have been successfully prepared by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering deposition in Ar gas atmospheres. The targets for RF sputtering were prepared by milling and pressing appropriate amounts of the melt-quenched starting materials in the nLi(2)S + GeS(2) (n = 1, 2, and 3) binary system. Approximately 1 μm thin films were grown...

Using Fe-Au and Ni-Au thin films as catalysts for the VLS growth of Bi 2 Se 3 nanoribbons, we obtain two distinct morphologies in the case of Fe-Au thin films and three distinct morphologies in the case of Ni-Au thin films. For Fe-doped Bi 2 Se 3 nanoribbons, we observe wide nanoribbons (Fig. S1(c,d)) and narrow, long nanoribbons (Fig. S1(e,f)). For Ni-doped Bi 2 Se 3 nanoribbons, we observe wi...