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Title: Gas sensor

Abstract

A gas sensor is described which incorporates a sensor stack comprising a first film layer of a ferromagnetic material, a spacer layer, and a second film layer of the ferromagnetic material. The first film layer is fabricated so that it exhibits a dependence of its magnetic anisotropy direction on the presence of a gas, That is, the orientation of the easy axis of magnetization will flip from out-of-plane to in-plane when the gas to be detected is present in sufficient concentration. By monitoring the change in resistance of the sensor stack when the orientation of the first layer's magnetization changes, and correlating that change with temperature one can determine both the identity and relative concentration of the detected gas. In one embodiment the stack sensor comprises a top ferromagnetic layer two mono layers thick of cobalt deposited upon a spacer layer of ruthenium, which in turn has a second layer of cobalt disposed on its other side, this second cobalt layer in contact with a programmable heater chip.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1158792
Patent Number(s):
8826726
Application Number:
13/318,522
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Apr 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Schmid, Andreas K., Mascaraque, Arantzazu, Santos, Benito, and de la Figuera, Juan. Gas sensor. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Schmid, Andreas K., Mascaraque, Arantzazu, Santos, Benito, & de la Figuera, Juan. Gas sensor. United States.
Schmid, Andreas K., Mascaraque, Arantzazu, Santos, Benito, and de la Figuera, Juan. Tue . "Gas sensor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1158792.
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