Abstract
Abstract Heusler compounds are promising materials to be applied effectively as highly spin-polarized medium (or components) in spintronic devices. To prove their chances the microstructure, the phase formation, and the chemacal homogeneity of sputtered thin films of Co2MnSi and Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al were studied by in-situ TEM observations as well as by analytical characterizations. The observed grain growth and phase formation in dependence on temperature agrees well with the results of measurements of the film resistivity. The chemacal homogeneity varies and depends on the deposition process during thin film preparation, especially the incorporation of oxygen is an unwanted effect.
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