IR Spectroscopic Study of Interatomic Interaction in [(CoFeB){sub 60}C{sub 40}/SiO{sub 2}]{sub 200} and [(CoFeB){sub 34}(SiO{sub 2}){sub 66}/C]{sub 46} Multilayer Nanostructures with Metal-Containing Composite Layers
- Voronezh State University (Russian Federation)
- Voronezh State Technical University (Russian Federation)
This paper presents an IR spectroscopic study of chemical bonds between components of amorphous [(CoFeB){sub 60}C{sub 40}/SiO{sub 2}]{sub 200} and [(CoFeB){sub 34}(SiO{sub 2}){sub 66}/C]{sub 46} multilayer nanostructures (MNS’s) made up of metal-containing composite layers and different interlayers, which influence their electromagnetic properties. Our results demonstrate that, even though the MNS’s have identical elemental compositions, their IR spectra differ significantly. The reason for this is that the main contribution to the IR spectrum of the [(CoFeB){sub 60}C{sub 40}/SiO{sub 2}]{sub 200} MNS is made by its SiO{sub 2} interlayers. The formation of other bonds with oxygen and silicon is blocked by the carbon present in the (CoFeB){sub 60}C{sub 40} composite layers, as evidenced by the presence of the strongest mode in the IR spectra of this structure, which corresponds to boron carbide, BC. The considerable intensity redistribution to the low-frequency region in the IR spectrum of the [(CoFeB){sub 34}(SiO{sub 2}){sub 66}/C]{sub 46} MNS, containing carbon interlayers, is due to the incorporation of nominal SiO2 into the metal-containing composite layers and the partial redistribution of oxygen bonds from the SiO{sub 2} to the 3d transition metals, resulting in the formation of metal oxides and a silicon suboxide. The interaction of the carbon present in the interlayers between the composite layers with elements of the composite layers, in particular with boron, is considerably weaker in comparison with the other MNS, [(CoFeB){sub 60}C{sub 40}/SiO{sub 2}]{sub 200}, which has oxide interlayers.
- OSTI ID:
- 22788209
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Materials, Vol. 54, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0020-1685
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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