GMR effect in CuCo annealed melt-spun ribbons

  • N. Murillo
  • , H. Grande
  • , I. Etxeberria
  • , J. J. Del Val
  • , J. González*
  • , S. Arana
  • , F. J. Gracia
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A thorough microstructural and magnetic analysis has been performed on as-quenched and annealed (475 and 525 °C, 1 hour) melt-spun Cu 100-xCo x (x = 10 and 15) granular alloys, presenting a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect. The annealed samples are inhomogeneous with respect to the Co-particle sizes and interparticles distances and, therefore, these particles present superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic behaviours, which determine the GMR response. The samples x = 15, treated at 525°C during 1 hour, presented the best GMR ratio (≈5% at room temperature to be the highest value approaching roughly to the saturation under an applied magnetic field of 15 KOe), with the coexistence of Co-particles with both kinds of magnetic behaviour.

Original languageEnglish
Article number006
Pages (from-to)1056-1061
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume4
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hysteresis Loop
  • Magnetoresistance
  • Nanogranular Alloys
  • X-ray Diffraction

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