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Magnetic and Transport Properties of M-Cu (M = Co, Fe) Microwires

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We report on magnetic, transport and structural properties of Cox-Cu100−x (5 ≤ x ≤ 30) and Fe37Cu63 glass-coated microwires prepared by the Taylor-Ulitovsky method. The objective of the reported work is to develop a novel functional materials exhibiting giant magnetoresistance (GMR). For Co-Cu microwires with x = 5 we observed the resistivity minimum at 40 K associated with the Kondo-like behaviour but magnetoresistance is small. For x ≥ 10 magnetoresistance reaches 9 % at low temperatures. Temperature dependence of susceptibility shows considerable difference for x > 10 and x ≤ 10 attributed to the presence of small Co grains embedded in the Cu matrix for x ≥ 10. By X-ray diffraction we found, that the structure of Cox-Cu100−x microwires for x ≥ 10 is granular consisting of two phases: fcc Cu appearing in all the samples and fcc α-Co presented only in microwires with higher Co content. Structure of Fe37Cu63 microwires consists of Cu nanograins with average grain size of around 40 nm and α-Fe nanocrystals with average grain size ranging between 6 and 45 nm depending on samples geometry. These microwires also exhibit GMR (up to 7.5 % at 5 K).

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  1. Fac. Quimicas, Dpto. Fisica de Materiales, UPV/EHU, P. Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain

    A. Zhukov, M. Ipatov, J. J. del Val & V. Zhukova

  2. Dpto. Fisica Aplicada, EUPDS, UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain

    A. Zhukov, M. Ipatov & V. Zhukova

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  4. Center of Physics of Materials, CSIC-UPV/EHU, P. Manuel de Lardizabal, 5, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain

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  5. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Zhukov, A., Ipatov, M., del Val, J.J., Ilyn, M., Granovsky, A., Zhukova, V. (2016). Magnetic and Transport Properties of M-Cu (M = Co, Fe) Microwires. In: Mukhopadhyay, S. (eds) Next Generation Sensors and Systems. Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21671-3_4

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