Structure and Electrical Properties of Gold Nanowires Grown with Electrochemical Deposition

Abstract

The effect of Al substitution for Fe on the structure, magnetostriction, anisotropy and spin reorientation of a series Of Tb-0.3 Dy-0.7 (Fe1-xAlx)(1.95) alloys (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.35) at room temperature has been investigated. It was found that all the compositions of Tb-0.3 Dy-0.7 (Fe1-xAlx)(1.95) substantially retained the MgCu2-type C-15 cubic Laves phase structure and the lattice constant increases with increasing x. The substitution of Al increases slightly the magnetostriction in low magnetic field ( H less than or equal to 40kA.m(-1)) when x 0.15. The intrinsic magnetostriction lambda(111) decreases sharply also with incresasing x. The Mossbauer spectra show that for 0 less than or equal to x 0.15. The measurements of relative susceptibility indicate that the temperature of spin reorientation decreases with increasing x.