Replication Data for: Smart design of porous Ni and Ni–W films with tunable mechanical and magnetic performance

Experimental raw data for all figures presented in the paper “Smart design of porous Ni and Ni–W films with tunable mechanical and magnetic performance” are provided. The data were used to investigate the influence of tungsten content and porosity on the mechanical, magnetic, and structural properties of electrodeposited Ni and Ni–W films. Dense and porous samples were fabricated using colloidal crystal templates composed of 20 and 200 nm polystyrene spheres. The experimental dataset includes SEM and AFM micrographs (Figure 1), GIXRD diffraction patterns and Rietveld refinement parameters (Figure 2 and Table 1), nanoindentation load–depth curves and mechanical results (Figure 3 and Table 2), VSM hysteresis and FORC measurements (Figures 4–5), magnetization versus temperature curves (Figure 6), and thermal stability analyses obtained by FESEM after successive annealing steps (Figure 7). The complete dataset supports the discussion of how tungsten alloying and porosity affect mechanical hardness, elastic modulus, saturation magnetization, Curie temperature, and morphological stability of the Ni–W coatings.