skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Submicrometer hall sensors for superparamagnetic nanoparticle detection.

Journal Article · · IEEE Trans. Magn.

Submicrometer Hall sensors, with Hall cross width of {approx}250 nm, were fabricated from InAs/AlSb quantum well semiconductor heterostructures. The room-temperature device characteristics were examined by experimental Hall effect and electronic noise measurements combined with analytical calculations. The noise-equivalent magnetic moment resolution of the order of 104muB/radicHz was obtained at frequencies above {approx}1 kHz. We show that the devices can achieve single superparamagnetic nanoparticle detection and thus be employed in experiments involving single magnetically labeled biomolecule detection.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
915024
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-59637; IEMGAQ; TRN: US200817%%68
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 43, Issue 6 ; Jun. 2007; ISSN 0018-9464
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH