Numerical investigations on the growth textures of Co/Cu multilayers

Authors

  • Cristine Villagonzalo National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Arun K. Setty Department of Physics, West Virginia University
  • Bernard R. Cooper Department of Physics, West Virginia University

Abstract

A first-principles investigation on the growth textures of cobalt/copper multilayers is presented. Through an ab-initio local-density approximation in a full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital (FPLMTO) electronic structure method, the different growth textures of Co/Cu multilayers are compared. Through total energy minimization, the face-centered cubic (111) configuration is determined to be the preferred textural orientation as compared to the (110) and (001) directions. Physically, this suggests that (111) configuration is more favorable to grow. Included in this report are results of intermixing in Co/Cu interfaces which verifies that Co and Cu are immiscible in the bulk. This work provides a benchmark for thermal transport studies in multilayers.

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SPP-2003-3D-01

Section

Computational Physics

Published

2003-10-22

How to Cite

[1]
C Villagonzalo, AK Setty, and BR Cooper, Numerical investigations on the growth textures of Co/Cu multilayers, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 21, SPP-2003-3D-01 (2003). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2003-3D-01.