Effect of Fe/Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Stray Field on the Microwave Magnetoresistance of a CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB Synthetic Ferrimagnet

The effect of the stray field of Fe/Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles on the angular dependence of the microwave absorption derivative in CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB synthetic ferrimagnetic structures and CoFeB films with perpendicular anisotropy is analyzed, and its application for sensor technology is proposed. The effective field of the “platform-particles” system controlled by the magnetic dipole interaction of the CoFeB-Fe/Fe 3 O 4 system decreased to zero in areas where the platform was magnetostatically coupled with nanoparticles. Micromagnetic modeling demonstrated the distribution of magnetization and resistance in local areas of CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB structures under the nanoparticles. The microwave absorption derivative can be used as an indicator of local magnetization switching of the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) structure under scattering fields of NPs or magnetically labeled cells. The limiting sensitivity of the detection method was 2.4 × 10 7 nanoparticles, which covered the spin-valve surface. We have proposed to combine the advantages of a GMR sensor with wireless technology of microwave reading of magnetoresistance for the detection of magnetically labeled cells.