NiCuNi
NiCuNi is a trilayer thin-film stack composed of nickel, copper, and nickel. In this context, Ni and Cu refer to elemental nickel and copper deposited as consecutive layers, often at nanometer-scale thicknesses on a substrate.
Structure and properties: Outer layers are nickel, a ferromagnetic metal with a Curie temperature of about
Fabrication and variants: NiCuNi films are typically produced by magnetron sputtering or electron-beam evaporation in high
Applications: The NiCuNi trilayer is studied in magnetism and spintronics as a simple model system for exchange
See also: exchange coupling, spin valve, nickel, copper, magnetic multilayers.