Hydrogen Absorption in Metal Thin Films and Heterostructures Investigated in Situ with Neutron and X-ray Scattering
Abstract
:1. Introduction: Hydrogen Absorption in Metals—Bulk versus Thin Films
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Applications
2.1.1. Hydrogen in Fe/Nb and W/Nb Films
2.1.2. Hydrogen in Co/Pd Films
2.2. Experimental Methods
2.2.1. Neutron Reflectometry
2.2.2. Polarized Neutron Reflectometry (PNR)
2.2.3. In Situ Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) Measurements and Polarized Neutron Reflectometry (PNR)
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Nb Thin Films and Multilayers
3.1.1. Fe/Nb Multilayers
3.1.2. W/Nb Multilayers
3.1.3. Co/Pd Bilayers
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Fe/Nb(110)—Polycrystalline | W/Nb(110)—Single Crystal |
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[2.6 nm Fe/2 nm Nb]20 | [2.6 nm W/3 nm Nb]120 |
[2.6 nm Fe/5 nm Nb]10 | [2.6 nm W/10 nm Nb]100 |
[2.6 nm Fe/10 nm Nb]10 | - |
[2.6 nm Fe/100 nm Nb]10 | - |
Layer Material | SLD at 0 mbar (μm−2) | SLD at 900 mbar (μm−2) | Bulk SLD (μm−2) | d at 0 mbar (nm) | d at 900 mbar (nm) |
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Pd | 402 | 402 | 402 | 5 | 5 |
Nb | 380 | 170 | 392 | 93.6 | 103.5 |
Fe (R+) | 1010 | 1030 | 1300 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Fe (R−) | 490 | 570 | 303 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Cr | 303 | 303 | 303 | 5 | 5 |
Si | 207 | 207 | 207 | - | - |
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Callori, S.J.; Rehm, C.; Causer, G.L.; Kostylev, M.; Klose, F. Hydrogen Absorption in Metal Thin Films and Heterostructures Investigated in Situ with Neutron and X-ray Scattering. Metals 2016, 6, 125. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060125
Callori SJ, Rehm C, Causer GL, Kostylev M, Klose F. Hydrogen Absorption in Metal Thin Films and Heterostructures Investigated in Situ with Neutron and X-ray Scattering. Metals. 2016; 6(6):125. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060125
Chicago/Turabian StyleCallori, Sara J., Christine Rehm, Grace L. Causer, Mikhail Kostylev, and Frank Klose. 2016. "Hydrogen Absorption in Metal Thin Films and Heterostructures Investigated in Situ with Neutron and X-ray Scattering" Metals 6, no. 6: 125. https://doi.org/10.3390/met6060125