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Detection of Fe3O4/PEG nanoparticles using one and two spin-valve GMR sensing elements in wheatstone bridge circuit

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Simple Wheatstone bridge-giant magnetoresistance (GMR) sensors with one and two spin-valve (SV) thin films were developed for detecting magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). SV thin films with a Ta(2 nm)/Ir20Mn80(10 nm)/Co90Fe10(3 nm)/Cu(2.2 nm)/(Co90Fe10)92B8(10 nm)/Ta(5 nm) structure were fabricated using RF magnetron sputtering on Si/SiO2 substrates. Inverse spinel-structured Fe3O4 and Fe3O4/polyethylene glycol (PEG) MNPs were synthesized by coprecipitation methods. To investigate the GMR sensor response, MNPs-ethanol (10 μL) solutions were dropped on the surface of the thin films. The following changes in Fe3O4 were observed after coating with PEG: the size of the nanoparticles increased from 11 to 13 nm, and the saturation magnetization of Fe3O4 decreased from 77.0 to 49.6 emu/g, which can be attributed to the surface modifications by PEG polymer; furthermore, the coercivity increased from 51.2 to 61.5 Oe owing to the existence of the antiferromagnetic phase α-Fe2O3. The output voltage of the GMR sensor with one and two SV thin film elements for Fe3O4 changed by 2.2 and 5.5 mV, respectively, and the output voltage decreased to 1.4 and 1.5 mV, respectively, in the case of Fe3O4/PEG. The decrease in the output voltage was caused by the decrease in the saturation magnetization of Fe3O4 after coating with PEG.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Satoshi Iwata (Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) and Prof. Dr. Takeshi Kato (Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) for their advices and facility access in their laboratory for using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM, Riken Denshi Co., Ltd.), RF Magnetron Sputtering, and magnetoresistance (MR) measurement tool; Dr. Daiki Oshima (Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) for providing the spin-valve thin film.

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This work was supported by the grant of PTUPT 2020-2022 Number 1767/UN1/DITLIT/DIT-LIT/PT/2021, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research & Technology, Republic of Indonesia and Nanofabrication Platform Consortium Project of Nagoya University, Minister of Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (MEXT) Nano-Project Platform, Japan.

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Suharyadi, E., Alfansuri, T., Handriani, L.S. et al. Detection of Fe3O4/PEG nanoparticles using one and two spin-valve GMR sensing elements in wheatstone bridge circuit. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 23958–23967 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06859-6

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