TY - JOUR A1 - Pietsch, Ullrich A1 - Gupta, Ajay A1 - Gupta, Mukul A1 - Ayachit, S. A1 - Rajagopalan, S. A1 - Balamurgan, A. K. A1 - Tyagi, A. K. T1 - Iron self-diffusion in nanocrystalline FeCr thin films N2 - Thin films of amorphous Fe85Zr15 alloy were deposited by ion-beam sputtering of a composite target. Analogous to the melt-spun amorphous alloys of similar composition, the crystallization of the amorphous film occurs in two steps, however, with a substantially reduced thermal stability. After completion of the first crystallization step which starts at 473 K, the microstructure consists of 12 nm nanocrystals of bcc-Fe embedded in a grain boundary region of the remaining amorphous phase. At 673 K, the remaining amorphous phase transforms into the Fe2Zr alloy. The self-diffusion measurements of iron in the nanocrystalline state and in the parent amorphous state has been carried out using secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) depth profiling and neutron reflectivity techniques. In contrast to the case of finemet Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 alloy, where a significant enhancement of diffusivity takes place in the nanocrystalline state, in the present case the diffusivity in the nanocrystalline state is similar to that in the parent amorphous state. It is suggested that in this system the atomic diffusion occurs mainly via the grain boundary regions. The calculated values of the pre-exponential factor and the activation energy for the diffusion are D-0 = 1 x 10(-14+/-1) m(2)/s and E = (0.7 +/- 0.1) eV respectively. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gupta, Ranjeeta A1 - Gupta, Ajay A1 - Leitenberger, Wolfram A1 - Rüffer, R. T1 - Mechanism of stress relaxation in nanocrystalline Fe-N thin films JF - Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics N2 - The mechanism of stress relaxation in nanocrystalline Fe-N thin film has been studied. The as-deposited film possesses a strong in-plane compressive stress which relaxes with thermal annealing. Precise diffusion measurements using nuclear resonance reflectivity show that stress relaxation does not involve any long-range diffusion of Fe atoms. Rather, a redistribution of nitrogen atoms at various interstitial sites, as evidenced by conversion electron Mossbauer spectroscopy, is responsible for the relaxation of internal stresses. On the other hand, formation of the. gamma'-Fe4N phase at temperatures above 523 K involves long-range rearrangement of Fe atoms. The activation energy for Fe self-diffusion is found to be 0.38 +/- 0.04 eV. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075401 SN - 1098-0121 VL - 85 IS - 7 PB - American Physical Society CY - College Park ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Negi, Sanjay S. A1 - Paul, Ajay A1 - Cesca, Simone A1 - Kamal, A1 - Kriegerowski, Marius A1 - Mahesh, P. A1 - Gupta, Sandeep T1 - Crustal velocity structure and earthquake processes of Garhwal-Kumaun Himalaya: Constraints from regional waveform inversion and array beam modeling JF - Tectonophysics : international journal of geotectonics and the geology and physics of the interior of the earth N2 - In order to understand present day earthquake kinematics at the Indian plate boundary, we analyse seismic broadband data recorded between 2007 and 2015 by the regional network in the Garhwal-Kumaun region, northwest Himalaya. We first estimate a local 1-D velocity model for the computation of reliable Green's functions, based on 2837 P-wave and 2680 S-wave arrivals from 251 well located earthquakes. The resulting 1-D crustal structure yields a 4-layer velocity model down to the depths of 20 km. A fifth homogeneous layer extends down to 46 km, constraining the Moho using travel-time distance curve method. We then employ a multistep moment tensor (MT) inversion algorithm to infer seismic moment tensors of 11 moderate earthquakes with Mw magnitude in the range 4.0–5.0. The method provides a fast MT inversion for future monitoring of local seismicity, since Green's functions database has been prepared. To further support the moment tensor solutions, we additionally model P phase beams at seismic arrays at teleseismic distances. The MT inversion result reveals the presence of dominant thrust fault kinematics persisting along the Himalayan belt. Shallow low and high angle thrust faulting is the dominating mechanism in the Garhwal-Kumaun Himalaya. The centroid depths for these moderate earthquakes are shallow between 1 and 12 km. The beam modeling result confirm hypocentral depth estimates between 1 and 7 km. The updated seismicity, constrained source mechanism and depth results indicate typical setting of duplexes above the mid crustal ramp where slip is confirmed along out-of-sequence thrusting. The involvement of Tons thrust sheet in out-of-sequence thrusting indicate Tons thrust to be the principal active thrust at shallow depth in the Himalayan region. Our results thus support the critical taper wedge theory, where we infer the microseismicity cluster as a result of intense activity within the Lesser Himalayan Duplex (LHD) system. KW - Critical taper wedge KW - Lesser Himalayan Duplex KW - Out-of-sequence thrust Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.007 SN - 0040-1951 SN - 1879-3266 VL - 712 SP - 45 EP - 63 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reddy, Raghavendra V. A1 - Puranik, Shikha A1 - Gupta, Ajay A1 - Leitenberger, Wolfram T1 - Study of FePt films prepared by reactive sputtering Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6TW4-4N49VG1-1- 9&_cdi=5552&_user=1584062&_orig=search&_coverDate=05%2F25%2F2007&_sk=999189990&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtb- zSkzS&md5=d04c9f9f7492f4ef5fb605bfbaf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brajpuriya, Ranjeet A1 - Tripathi, Sumit A1 - Sharma, Abhishek A1 - Chaudhari, S.M. A1 - Phase, D.M. A1 - Gupta, Ajay A1 - Shripathi, Thoudinja A1 - Leitenberger, Wolfram A1 - Pietsch, Ullrich A1 - Laxmi, N. T1 - Temperature dependent energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction and magnetic study of Fe/Al interface N2 - In situ temperature dependent energy-dispersive structural and magnetic study of electron beam evaporated Fe/Al multilayer sample (MLS) has been investigated. The structural studies show the formation of an intermixed FeAl transition layer of a few nanometers thick at the interface during deposition, which on annealing at 300 degrees C transforms to B2FeAl intermetallic phase. Magnetization decreases with increase in temperature and drops to minimum above 300 degrees C due to increase in anti-ferromagnetic interlayer coupling and formation of nonmagnetic FeAl phase at the interface. The Curie temperature (T-c) is found to be 288 degrees C and is much less than that of bulk bcc Fe. Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01694332 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.04.069 SN - 0169-4332 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reddy, Raghavendra V. A1 - Gupta, Ajay A1 - Gome, Anil A1 - Leitenberger, Wolfram A1 - Pietsch, Ullrich T1 - In situ x-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction study of L1(0) ordering in Fe-57/Pt multilayers N2 - In situ high temperature x-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction measurements in the energy dispersive mode are used to study the ordered face-centered tetragonal (fct) L1(0) phase formation in [Fe(19 angstrom)/ Pt(25 angstrom)](x10) multilayers prepared by ion beam sputtering. With the in situ x-ray measurements it is observed that (i) the multilayer structure first transforms to a disordered FePt and subsequently to an ordered fct L1(0) phase, (ii) the ordered fct L1(0) FePt peaks start to appear at 320°C annealing, (iii) the activation energy of the interdiffusion is 0.8 eV and (iv) ordered fct FePt grains have preferential out-of-plane texture. The magneto-optical Kerr effect and conversion electron Mossbauer spectroscopies are used to study the magnetic properties of the as- deposited and 400°C annealed multilayers. The magnetic data for the 400°C annealed sample indicate that the magnetization is at an angle of ~50° from the plane of the film. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/18/186002 SN - 0953-8984 ER -