Structure of heterogeneous states and magnetic properties of CoPd nanocrystalline films

Thin films of a CoPd equiatomic alloy have been obtained by condensation at a high substrate temperature. In their initial states, they are characterized by a microdiffraction pattern in the form of a diffuse halo. This state is a polymorphic martensite-type transformation, which occurs for the martensite transition from the low-temperature hexagonal close-packed phase to the high-temperature face-centered cubic one. Crystalline metastable structures formed in films of this alloy have been identified, and their magnetic characteristics have been determined.