INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE, STABILITY, PHASE-COMPOSITION AND MAGNETIC-ORDERING IN ULTRATHIN IRON/NICKEL FILMS

By thermal and chemical treatment of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films, oxidic and metallic Fe and Ni layers can be prepared. The films are characterised, where differences e.g. in the lateral homogeneity are found. The metallic Fe containing samples show a higher corrosion stability as compared with films prepared by other coating techniques. Mixed Fe/Ni oxidic and metallic layers, respectively, are prepared, where the Ni concentration in the oxidic films can be determined as a function of the ratio of initially transferred numbers of LB layers. The phase composition of the metallic Fe changes systematically with the Ni concentration.