Project summary

The development of technologies for obtaining nanostructured materials in the last decade and in particular for obtaining metallic nanowires, opened new horizons, both, in fundamental research –composition, structure or dimension restricted phenomena that can occur in this materials, or in practical applications – wide range of possibilities to be used in various fields. The present project focuses on the development of microtransducers for mechanic, electric, or magnetic quantities based on metallic magnetic nanowires grown in nanoporous templates, starting from the phenomena of magnetotransport that develop in the wires. In order to achieve this objective, the activities scheduled in the project are structured in three directions: 1) the production of the nanowires; 2) the characterization of the nanowires and of the effects that develops inside them and 3) the development and the testing of the microtransducers functional models. The team brings together 3 partneres: coordinator – The Technical University “Gh. Asachi” from Iasi , the first partner P1 - INCDFM Magurele and the second partner P2 – INCDFT Iasi. According to the realization plan the partners 1 and 2 will take care of the fundamental research part, in particular of the development, the characterization and the modeling of the magnetic nanowires. P1 will produce the nanowires, because of their rich experience in the field of electrodeposition of the nanowires, being the coordinator of many CEEX projects on this theme. Also, P1 will be in charge with the optimization of the electrodeposition process in order to achieve the maximum of performance for the desired effects. The characterization (up to high frequencies) and the models of the nanowires will be the task for the partner P2, being involved in a FP7 project in the field of spinvalve nanowires. The coordinator will develop the applicative part, focusing on the signal processing , enhancing the signal to noise ratio and towards the interfaces with the digital world. Also, the coordinator will develop the test stands and will characterize the devices from the metrological point of view.