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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L67509/01
Title:	CONTROLLING THE GMR OF ELECTRODEPOSITED MULTILAYERS
Principal Investigator:	Schwarzacher, Professor W
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Project Partners:	Pre Nexus Migration
Department:	Physics
Organisation:	University of Bristol
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 May 1998	Ends:	31 October 2000	Value (£):	90,222
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Synthesis & Growth
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Electrodeposition is now accepted as a useful alternative to vacuum methods for growing films with giant magnetoresistance (GMR).Co-Ni-Cu/Cu multilayers are of particular interest, because our previous work has shown that they can exhibit very different magnetotransport behaviours, depending on the electrodeposition conditions. We shall make a systematic study of the Co-Ni-Cu/Cu system using a specially constructed flow cell incorporating an electrochemical quartz crystal nanobalance and a pH micro-probe. Multilayers will be electrodeposited both from the well-established sulphamate-based electrolytes and from non-toxic, non-corrosive citrate- based electrolytes. The reasons for previously observed differences between multilayers electrodeposited under potentiostatic (constant potential) and galvanostatic (constant current) control will also be investigated.
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