Template-grown NiFe/Cu/NiFe nanowires for spin transfer devices

Nano Lett. 2007 Sep;7(9):2563-7. doi: 10.1021/nl070263s. Epub 2007 Aug 23.

Abstract

We have developed a new reliable method combining template synthesis and nanolithography-based contacting technique to elaborate current perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance spin valve nanowires, which are very promising for the exploration of electrical spin transfer phenomena. The method allows the electrical connection of one single nanowire in a large assembly of wires embedded in anodic porous alumina supported on Si substrate with diameters and periodicities to be controllable to a large extent. Both magnetic excitations and switching phenomena driven by a spin-polarized current were clearly demonstrated in our electrodeposited NiFe/Cu/ NiFe trilayer nanowires. This novel approach promises to be of strong interest for subsequent fabrication of phase-locked arrays of spin transfer nano-oscillators with increased output power for microwave applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
  • Materials Testing
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Spin Labels
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Spin Labels
  • Copper
  • Nickel
  • Iron