High performance electronic device for the measurement of the inverse spin Hall effect.

We have developed a high performance analog electronic device that can be used for the measurement of the inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) as a function of the applied magnetic field. The electronic circuit is based on the synchronous detection technique with a careful selection of the active components in order to optimize the response in this application. The electronic accessory was adapted for the simultaneous measurement of the ISHE signal and the microwave absorption in an electron spin resonance spectrometer and tested with a bilayer sample of 5 nm of permalloy (Ni80Fe20) and 5 nm of tantalum.

Anisotropic magnetoresistance and piezoresistivity in structured Fe3O4-silver particles in PDMS elastomers at room temperature.

Magnetorheological elastomers, MREs, based on elastic organic matrices displaying anisotropic magnetoresistance and piezoresistivity at room temperature were prepared and characterized. These materials are dispersions of superparamagnetic magnetite forming cores of aggregated nanoparticles inside silver microparticles that are dispersed in an elastomeric polymer (poly(dimethylsiloxane), PDMS), curing the polymer in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. In this way, the elastic material becomes structured as the application of the field induces the formation of filaments of silver-covered inorganic material agglomerates (needles) aligned in the direction of the field (parallel to the field).