Structures and Magnetic Properties of Iron Nano-Crystals Embedded in Ceramic Glass Films

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In recent years nano-granular magnetic particles embedded in insulating matrix has been attracting much interest, because of the appearance of spin-related magnetic resistance (MR) effect called "tunneling-type MR effect". However, little investigations have been made which relate nano-structures and morphologies of the magnetic particles, such as crystal structure, orientation, size, average inter-particle distance and distribution of magnetic particles, to magnetic interactions between the particles and their magnetic properties.In the present study, (1) Fe and Co nano-particles were deposited onto insulating Al_2O_3 films by electron-beam evaporation under various substrate temperatures and evaporation conditions. And their magnetic properties were discussed on the basis of structures and morphologies of the nanogranular films observed by electron microscopy. Also in this study, (2) a "transfer-chamber" was manufactured which transfers nano-granular films formed in an evaporation chamber directly into an electron microscope without specimen oxidation or contamination in air.