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Low Field Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature in CrO2 Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2011

S. Biswas  and
S. Ram
S. Biswas
Affiliation:
The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur-302031, India
S. Ram
Affiliation:
Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India
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Abstract

Ferromagnetic CrO2 nanoparticles embedded in a diamagnetic matrix of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) presents an example of granular giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in a diluted magnetic composite structure. Usefully significant MR occurs at room temperature, viz. -6.8% in 3.0 wt% CrO2-PVA, at field as small as 1.1 kOe. We suggest that the system is a natural analogue to dilute ferro-fluid structures composed of nanoscale magnetic particles in a viscous organic fluid (diamagnetic as well as an electrical insulator), i.e., this material displays a GMR effect without an introduction of chemical interfaces. It has great potential in various applications and can also facilitate studies of magnetotransport properties in GMR materials.

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compositemagnetoresistance (transport)ferromagnetic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1359: Symposium NN – Electronic Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials—Synthesis, Device Physics and Their Applications , 2011 , mrss11-1359-nn08-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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