Morphology and domain pattern of
L1
0 FePt particles were observed by using a magnetic force microscopy (MFM). FePt films with nominal thickness in the range of 5 nm
tN40 nm were grown epitaxially by co-depositing Fe and Pt on MgO (0 0 1) substrates at an elevated temperature. Films were composed of elongated particles. The morphology of film and the domain structure of particle depend on
tN. In the range of
tN8 nm, no multi-domain particles were observed; from
tN=10 nm, a few bigger particles become multi-domain. The multi-domain particles have stripe-like domain structures. The relation between morphology and domain structure was discussed by employing a model of isolated rectangular parallelepiped with a stripe-like domain structure.