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Electrodeposited Ni–Mn thin films: an investigation on the structural, microstructural, composition, and magnetic properties

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Herein, the impact of crystallite size and the thickness on the magnetic properties of Ni–Mn thin films prepared by electrode deposition technique is reported. The XRD, SEM, EDX mapping, and VSM studies systematically revealed the structural features, surface characteristics, composition, and magnetic behavior, respectively. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis validated the mixed crystalline Cubic Ni and Tetragonal Mn phases. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) results revealed that surface morphology and grain size significantly changed with thickness of the films. The crystallite size is found to vary with the thickness and the saturation magnetization values showed a direct correlation with the film thickness, increasing from 40 to 200 emu/cm3 and from 33 to 187 emu/cm3 for in-plane and out-of-plane orientations, respectively.

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The authors (A. Roshini and M. Jose) express their sincere gratitude to the Board of management, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, India for the financial support by granting Sacred Heart Fellowship (Ref: SHC/SH Fellowship /2022/10 dated October 26th, 2022). The authors also thank DST-FIST for providing powder X-Ray Diffractometer facility in Abdul Kalam Research Center, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, India.

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    A. Roshini, S. Cathrin Lims, S. Divya & M. Jose

  2. Department of Physics, Anand Institute of Higher Technology, Chennai, 603103, India

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  3. Department of Physics, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 641049, India

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  4. UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Kaviyarasu Kasinathan

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MJ participated in the conceptualization; investigation; project administration; supervision; validation; and writing, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript. AR participated in the investigation; methodology; validation; and writing of the original draft. SCL participated in the investigation; methodology; and visualization. SD participated in the investigation and visualization. GV participated in the validation and visualization. KS participated in the writing, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript. MS participated in the investigation; supervision; and visualization. KK participated in the validation and writing, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript.

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Roshini, A., Lims, S.C., Divya, S. et al. Electrodeposited Ni–Mn thin films: an investigation on the structural, microstructural, composition, and magnetic properties. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 2088 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11530-3

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