Abstract
Giant magneto impedance (GMI) effect devices for magnetic bead detections were examined. Since commercialized magnetic beads in biological applications are superparamagnetic in nature, not only for improvement of maximum sensitivity but also precise optimizations of operating fields are crucial for sensor applications. We have found that operating fields and maximum sensitivity can be enhanced by the tailoring aspect ratio in microscopic GMI sensors. With an aspect ratio of 3.3-3.8, the GMI sensors were found to exhibit an overall GMI ratio of more than 110% and a maximum sensitivity of 1.61 mV/Oe (15.4%/Oe) at the operating field of 43.1 Oe. Our results demonstrate that microscopic GMI sensors are highly sensitive to magnetic bead detections.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3985-3988 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 11 PART 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials, funded by the Ministry of Commerce, and R&D Program for NT-IT Fusion Strategy of Advanced Technologies, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea, and in part by KOSEF through the National Core Research Center for Nanomedical Technology.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering