Disentangling magnetic order on nanostructured surfaces
Disentangling magnetic order on nanostructured surfaces
Erb, D.; Schlage, K.; Bocklage, L.; Hübner, R.; Merkel, D. G.; Rüffer, R.; Wille, H.-C.; Röhlsberger, R.
We present a synchrotron-based X-ray scattering technique which allows disentangling magnetic properties of heterogeneous systems with nanopatterned surfaces. This technique combines the nm-range spatial resolution of surface morphology features provided by Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering and the high sensitivity of Nuclear Resonant Scattering to magnetic order. A single experiment thus allows attributing magnetic properties to structural features of the sample; chemical and structural properties may be correlated analogously. We demonstrate how this technique shows the correlation between structural growth and evolution of magnetic properties for the case of a remarkable magnetization reversal in a structurally and magnetically nanopatterned sample system.
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Physical Review Materials 1(2017), 023001(R)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.023001
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