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Asymmetric giant magnetoresistance in Co10Cu90 magnetic granular alloys

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We have observed a type of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic granular Co10Cu90 alloys. The asymmetric GMR depends strongly on the size of magnetic Co particles, which exhibit superparamagnetic behavior at given measured temperature. The asymmetric GMR points to a metastable state that develops when the sample is field-cooled, which is lost after recycling. We propose that high-field cooling produces more effective parallel alignment of small unblocked Co particle moments and interfacial magnetizations, which contributes to the further decrease of the resistance in comparison with the samples zero-field-cooled, and then applied to the same field.

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YU, Ronghai, et al. Asymmetric giant magnetoresistance in Co10Cu90 magnetic granular alloys. Physical Review B. 1995. Vol. 52, num. 10, pags. 6987-6990. ISSN 0163-1829. [consulted: 6 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/10653

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