Virginia Tech. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringAmes Laboratory. Metals and CeramicsBai, FeimingLi, JiefangViehland, Dwight D.Wu, D.Lograsso, Thomas A.2015-05-212015-05-212005-07-15Bai, F. M., Li, J. F., Viehland, D., Wu, D., Lograsso, T. A. (2005). Magnetic force microscopy investigation of domain structures in Fe-x at. % Ga single crystals (12 < x < 25). Journal of Applied Physics, 98(2). doi: 10.1063/1.19789710021-8979http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52460The domain structure of furnace-cooled (FC) and post-annealed (PA) Fe-x at. % Ga (x=12, 20, and 25) crystals has been investigated by magnetic force microscopy. For both FC and PA Fe-12 at. % Ga, the domains were found to be well-aligned and oriented along the [100] direction. For Fe-20 at. % Ga, although a preferred [100] orientation remained, a difference in morphology was found between FC and PA conditions-in the PA condition, clear dendritic domains were observed. For both FC and PA Fe-25 at. % Ga, a much reduced [100] preferred domain orientation was found, the domain size was notably reduced, and dendrite formation was not observed. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.5 pagesapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightMagnetic force microscopyCrystal structuresMagnetostrictionAnnealingX-ray diffractionArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/98/2/10.1063/1.1978971https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1978971