MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY OF CoFeB AMORPHOUS NANOTUBES PREPARED BY ELECTROLESS PLATING IN MAGNETIC FIELD

CoFeB nanotubes were fabricated by electroless plating in magnetic field using anodized aluminum oxide template, and the structural and magnetic properties of CoFeB nanotubes were investigated. It is found that some nano-scale particles form on the wall of nanotubes. Both coercivity ratio and squareness ratio of out-of-plane to in-plane are significantly changed by the applied magnetic field during electroless plating, which indicates that directional ordering in amorphous CoFeB nanotubes are achieved during electroless plating under magnetic field. The results show that the applied field impacts the magnetic anisotropy of amorphous nanotubes. The anisotropy is stronger with the magnitude of applied field increasing.