Electrodeposition of high magnetostrictive cobalt-iron alloy films for smart tags and sensor applications
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Magnetostrictive CoFe films were investigated for use as magnetoelastic tags or sensors. The ability to electrodeposit these films enables batch fabrication processes to pattern a variety of geometries while controlling the film stoichiometry and crystallography. In current research looking at CoFe, improved magnetostriction was achieved using a co-sputtering, annealing, and quenching method1. Other current research has reported electrodeposited CoFe films using a sulfate based chemistry resulting in film compositions that are Fe rich in the range of Co0.3-0.4Fe0.7-0.6 and have problems of codeposition of undesirables that can have a negative impact on magnetic properties. The research presented here focused on maximizing magnetostriction at the optimal stoichiometry range of Co0.7-0.75Fe0.3-0.25, targeting the (fcc+bcc)/bcc phase boundary, and using a novel chemistry and plating parameters to deposit films without being limited to “line of sight” deposition.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1226119
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2015-9824T; 608064
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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