An advancement in the synthesis of unique soft magnetic CoCuFeNiZn high entropy alloy thin films.

ABSTRACT: Discovery of advanced soft-magnetic high entropy alloy (HEA) thin films are highly pursued to obtain unidentified functional materials. The figure of merit in current nanocrystalline HEA thin films relies in integration of a simple single-step electrochemical approach with a complex HEA system containing multiple elements with dissimilar crystal structures and large variation of melting points. A new family of Cobalt-Copper-Iron-Nickel-Zinc (Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Zn) HEA thin films are prepared through pulse electrodeposition in aqueous medium, hosts nanocrystalline features in the range of ~ 5-20 nm having FCC and BCC dual phases. The fabricated Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Zn HEA thin films exhibited high saturation magnetization value of ~ 82 emu/g, relatively low coercivity value of 19.5 Oe and remanent magnetiz

SUBMITTER: Pavithra CLP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8065170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature