Electrodeposition of Zn–Co alloys with pulse containing reverse current
作者:Jing-Yin Fei、G.D. Wilcox
DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2004.11.014
日期:2005.4
The electrodeposition of Zn-Co alloy deposits was studied by means of pulse-plating technique. The surface morphologies of Zn-Co alloy deposits were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and an attendant energy dispersive X-ray analyser (EDA) was used to analyse the composition of Zn-Co alloy deposits. Results obtained showed that the average current density and reverse current density amongst all the variables investigated had very strong effects on the cobalt content in the Zn-Co alloy deposits. It is possible to electrodeposit Zn-Co alloy coatings with a very wide cobalt content range of 10-90 wt.% by modulating pulse parameters. Grain size, surface appearance and internal stress in the deposits were also improved significantly by introducing reverse current. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Magnetic properties improvement through off time between pulses and annealing in pulse electrodeposited CoZn nanowires
作者:M. Almasi Kashi、A. Ramazani、Z. Fallah
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2011.06.098
日期:2011.9
The fabrication and characteristic properties of amorphous Co1−xZnx alloy nanowire arrays
作者:Y. Xu、J.L. Fu、D.Q. Gao、D.S. Xue
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.10.252
日期:2010.4
Amorphous Co-Zn alloy nanowire arrays with diameter of about 40 nm were fabricated in anodic aluminium oxide films by the electrodeposition method Transmission electron microscope result shows that the nanowires are regular and uniform Selected area electron diffraction and X-ray diffraction results indicate that the structure of nanowires is amorphous. Vibrating sample magnetometer is employed to study the magnetic properties of nanowire arrays at room temperature. The results show that the arrays of nanowires exhibit uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with the easy magnetization direction along the nanowire axes owing to the large shape anisotropy. When the applied magnetic field is parallel to the wire axis, the coercivity and squareness of the nanowire arrays decrease with increasing Zn concentration. (C) 2009 Elsevier By. All rights reserved
Pulse electrodeposition of Co1−xZnx nanowire arrays: Magnetic improvement through electrolyte concentration, off-time between pulses and annealing
作者:M. Almasi Kashi、Z. Fallah
DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.06.047
日期:2012.11
Using different electrolyte compositions and varying the off-time between pulses, Co1xZnx nanowire arrays were fabricated by ac pulse electrodeposition. The effect of deposition parameters on alloy contents was investigated by studying the microstructures and magnetic properties of as-deposited and annealed Co1xZnx nanowires. It is shown that Zn content in CoZn nanowires exponentially increases by increasing the zinc ions in the electrolyte. The Zn content initially increases to a maximum by increase in off-time between pulses and then falls off. Adding a certain amount of Zn to Co led to form amorphous CoZn nanowires. A significant increase in magnetization, coercivity and squareness of CoZn nanowires was observed after annealing. The rate of increase in magnetization of annealed samples was seen to be inversely proportional to their initial magnetization. Improvement of magnetic properties of annealed samples may be caused by magnetic cluster formation and pinning effect. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.