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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2013.23.4.126

Fabrication of Ni Nanodot Structure Using Porous Alumina Mask  

Lim, Suhwan (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Chul Sung (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Kouh, Taejoon (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract
We have fabricated an ordered Ni nanodot structure using an alumina mask prepared via 2-step anodization technique under phosphoric acid. We have formed a porous structure with average pore size of 279 nm on $2{\mu}m$ thick alumina film and the thermal deposition of thin Ni film though the mask led to the formation of ordered Ni nanodot structure with an average dot size of 293 nm, following the pore structure on the mask. We further investigated the magnetic properties of the nanodot structure by measuring the hysteresis curve at room temperature. When compared to the magnetic properties of a continuous Ni film, we observed the decrease in the squareness and the increase in coercivity along the magnetization easy axis, due to the isolated nanodot structure. Our study suggests that the ordered nanodot structure can be easiy fabricated with thin film deposition technique using anodized alumina mask as a mask.
Keywords
porous anodic alumina; nanodot structure; nano patterning;
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