title: Stretchable magnetoelectronics.
abstract: We fabricated [Co/Cu] multilayers revealing a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect on free-standing elastic poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) membranes. The GMR performance of [Co/Cu] multilayers on rigid silicon and on free-standing PDMS is similar and does not change with tensile deformations up to 4.5%. Mechanical deformations imposed on the sensor are totally reversible, due to the elasticity of the PDMS membranes. This remarkable performance upon stretching relies on a wrinkling of GMR layers on top of the PDMS membrane.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melzer
authors.forename: Denys
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Makarov
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calvimontes
authors.forename: Daniil
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karnaushenko
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baunack
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaltofen
authors.forename: Yongfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Oliver G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D004581:Electronics; D008280:Magnetics; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010316:Particle Size; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D003035:Cobalt; C013830:baysilon; D003300:Copper; D012825:Silicon