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Giant Magnetoimpedance Sensors and Their Applications

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Ferromagnetic Microwire Composites

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Since GMI changes as a function of external dc magnetic field or applied dc/ac current, it is possible to design and produce GMI-based sensors that can measure either magnetic fields or dc/ac currents. GMI also changes sensitively with applied stress, and this provides a new opportunity to develop stress sensors. A brief description of these typical sensors is given in this chapter. It shows that the high sensitivity of GMI to applied magnetic field, current, and external stress is very useful for a wide range of industrial and engineering applications.

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  1. Institute for Composites Science Innovation (InCSI), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Hua-Xin Peng & Faxiang Qin

  2. Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Manh-Huong Phan

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Peng, HX., Qin, F., Phan, MH. (2016). Giant Magnetoimpedance Sensors and Their Applications. In: Ferromagnetic Microwire Composites. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29276-2_8

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