Electrodeposition multilayers

X-ray diffraction patterns of electrodeposited multilayered systems of sufficiently good quality to allow quantitative analysis of coherent and noncoherent strain features. 

TABLE 17.1. Cu/Ni Knoop Hardness Data for Electrodeposited Multilayers ... 

In Figure 17.9 the saturation GMR in Co/Cu electrodeposited multilayers with 20-A-layer cobalt and varying thickness of the Cu layers is given as obtained experimentally (6b) together with a fitted RKKY type of theoretical curve. For illustration... 

The studies of electrodeposited multilayer materials to date show clearly that electrodeposition is a feasible technique for the production of thin multilayered materials in systems that from an electrochemical standpoint are adaptable to the pulsed deposition technique. 

It is also possible to electrodeposit multilayers in cylindrical pores of a suitable etched polymer membrane. Typically, wires with diameters of about 100 nm and length of 5-10 fim can be obtained. The deposition cycles are similar to the ones described above. Magnetoresistance [this is a term describing the relative decrease (increase) in electrical resistance of a material when subjected to a magnetic field longitudinally (transversely) to the current flow] measurements with the current perpendicular to the planes are possible. In addition, giant magnetoresistance (GMR defined below) effects may be observed as well. 

Ross, C. A. 1994. Electrodeposited multilayer thin films. Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 24 159-188. 

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