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Title: Giant magnetoresistive heterogeneous alloys and method of making same

Abstract

The inventive material exhibits giant magnetoresistance upon application of an external magnetic field at room temperature. The hysteresis is minimal. The inventive material has a magnetic phase formed by eutectic decomposition. The bulk material comprises a plurality of regions characterized by a) the presence of magnetic lamellae wherein the lamellae are separated by a distance smaller than the mean free path of the conduction electrons, and b) a matrix composition having nonmagnetic properties that is interposed between the lamellae within the regions. The inventive, rapidly quenched, eutectic alloys form microstructure lamellae having antiparallel antiferromagnetic coupling and give rise to GMR properties. The inventive materials made according to the inventive process yielded commercially acceptable quantities and timeframes. Annealing destroyed the microstructure lamellae and the GMR effect. Noneutectic alloys did not exhibit the antiparallel microstructure lamellae and did not possess GMR properties.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
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  1. Berkeley, CA
  2. Oakland, CA
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
872189
Patent Number(s):
US 5882436
Assignee:
Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Bernardi, Johannes J, Thomas, Gareth, and Huetten, Andreas R. Giant magnetoresistive heterogeneous alloys and method of making same. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
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Bernardi, Johannes J, Thomas, Gareth, & Huetten, Andreas R. Giant magnetoresistive heterogeneous alloys and method of making same. United States.
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Bernardi, Johannes J, Thomas, Gareth, and Huetten, Andreas R. 1999. "Giant magnetoresistive heterogeneous alloys and method of making same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872189.
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@article{osti_872189,
title = {Giant magnetoresistive heterogeneous alloys and method of making same},
author = {Bernardi, Johannes J and Thomas, Gareth and Huetten, Andreas R},
abstractNote = {The inventive material exhibits giant magnetoresistance upon application of an external magnetic field at room temperature. The hysteresis is minimal. The inventive material has a magnetic phase formed by eutectic decomposition. The bulk material comprises a plurality of regions characterized by a) the presence of magnetic lamellae wherein the lamellae are separated by a distance smaller than the mean free path of the conduction electrons, and b) a matrix composition having nonmagnetic properties that is interposed between the lamellae within the regions. The inventive, rapidly quenched, eutectic alloys form microstructure lamellae having antiparallel antiferromagnetic coupling and give rise to GMR properties. The inventive materials made according to the inventive process yielded commercially acceptable quantities and timeframes. Annealing destroyed the microstructure lamellae and the GMR effect. Noneutectic alloys did not exhibit the antiparallel microstructure lamellae and did not possess GMR properties.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/872189}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
}
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Works referenced in this record:

Negative Magnetoresistivity of Rapidly Quenched Superconducting Alloy AI-11.3%
journal, January 1981

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