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Probing Exchange Bias Properties of Pt x Co1−x /Pt/CoO Films

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We present magnetic properties of bilayers consisting of antiferromagnetic CoO and ferromagnetic Pt x Co1−x film structure on Si (001) as Pt/PtCo/Pt/CoO/Pt. The CoO layer and the Pt x Co1−x layer thickness were kept constant (10 nm). In order to prevent PtCo ferromagnetic layer from oxidation, thin Pt (4 Å) spacer layer was grown between PtCo and CoO layers. The chemical composition of Pt x Co1−x layers were changed from 0.1 to 0.5 and the exchange bias effect and blocking temperature of the structures were determined. Composition dependence of magnetization measurements showed that exchange bias effect took maximum value in Pt0.5Co0.5/Pt/CoO; on the other hand, its minimum value was observed on Pt0.3Co0.7/Pt/CoO. The spacer layer supplied positive contribution for exchange bias (EB) effect compared to bilayers without Pt spacer layer. The other result from composition-dependent measurements indicates that blocking temperatures exhibited oscillatory behavior and the highest value was obtained from Pt0.1Co0.9/Pt/CoO whereas the lowest value was measured from Pt0.3Co0.7/Pt/CoO. Blocking temperatures of all samples were lower than the Néel temperature of bulk CoO. According to these results, the manipulation of interface between PtCo and CoO layers gives us the possibility of tuning exchange bias effect with Pt concentration, temperature, and spacer Pt layer.

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This work was supported by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) 212T217.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. Erkovan

  2. Department of Physics, Gebze Technical University, 41400, Kocaeli, Turkey

    M. E. Aköz, M. Öztürk, E. Demirci, N. Akdoğan & O. Öztürk

  3. Peter Grünberg Institut, Electronic Properties (PGI-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany

    U. Parlak

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Erkovan, M., Aköz, M.E., Öztürk, M. et al. Probing Exchange Bias Properties of Pt x Co1−x /Pt/CoO Films. J Supercond Nov Magn 29, 163–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-015-3233-0

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