eprintid: 3506 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 16 dir: disk0/00/00/35/06 datestamp: 2019-06-20 22:35:30 lastmod: 2019-06-20 22:35:30 status_changed: 2019-06-20 22:35:30 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Le, Khac Quynh creators_name: Bui, Dinh Tu creators_name: Cao, Viet Anh creators_name: Nguyen, Huu Duc creators_name: Phung, Anh Tuan creators_name: Tran, Tien Dung creators_name: Do, Thi Huong Giang creators_id: ducnh@vnu.edu.vn creators_id: giangdth@vnu.edu.vn title: Design Optimization of an Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensor for Detection of Magnetic Nanoparticles ispublished: pub subjects: isi divisions: fac_physic abstract: Recent studies have shown that the magnetic field sensitivity of an anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) sensor using a single-layer Ni80Fe20 thin film can be considerably improved by increasing the shape anisotropy of the film. In this work, an effective approach for improving the sensitivity and reducing the magnetic coercive field as well as the thermal noise contribution in an AMR Wheatstone bridge sensor is proposed by combining multiple resistors in the series–parallel combination circuits. Four different AMR sensor designs, consisting of a single resistor, three and five resistors in series and six resistors in series–parallel connection, were fabricated by using Ta (10 nm)/Ni80Fe20 (5 nm)/Ta (10 nm) films grown on thermally oxidized Si substratesunder the presence and the absence of a biasing magnetic field (900 Oe). Theresults showed that the sensors based on series–parallel combination gain a magnetic sensitivity (SH) 1.72 times higher than that of the sensor based on the series connection. This optimized sensor has improved the capacity of detecting various concentrations of magnetic nanoparticles with a detection limit of magnetic moments estimated to be about 0.56 uemu date: 2019-02 date_type: published publisher: springer official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6822-4 contact_email: quynhlk@gmail.com full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Electronic Materials volume: 48 pagerange: 997-1004 refereed: TRUE issn: 0361-5235 funders: Vietnam National University, Hanoi projects: QG 16.89 projects: QG 16.26 citation: Le, Khac Quynh and Bui, Dinh Tu and Cao, Viet Anh and Nguyen, Huu Duc and Phung, Anh Tuan and Tran, Tien Dung and Do, Thi Huong Giang (2019) Design Optimization of an Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensor for Detection of Magnetic Nanoparticles. Journal of Electronic Materials, 48 . pp. 997-1004. ISSN 0361-5235 document_url: https://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/3506/1/bai%20bao%203.pdf