Funct. Mater. 2020; 27 (1): 46-53.

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm27.01.46

Indium antomonide whiskers under strain for sensor applications

A.Druzhinin, I.Ostrovskii, Yu.Khoverko, N.Liakh-Kaguy

Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 St.Bandera Str., 79013 Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract: 

The present paper aims to study an effect of compression strain (up to ε = 3·10-4) on behavior of transverse magnetoresistance of InSb whiskers at cryogenic temperatures under high magnetic fields up to 10 T. The strained and unstrained InSb whiskers with the concentration of charge carriers from 6·1016 to 6·1017 cm-3 in the vicinity to metal-insulator transition are under consideration. The effect of a giant magnetoresistance of 700 % at a temperature of 4.2 K was established for the InSb whiskers with carrier concentration of 2·1017 cm-3. The effect was used for the design of magnetic field sensors with a magnetoresistive principle of action. The whiskers with carrier concentration 6·1016 cm-3 due to a high gauge factor of about 350 was shown might be used in piezoresistance sensors able to work in harsh operating conditions in a temperature range of 4.2 to 50 K.

Keywords: 
indium antimonide whiskers, cryogenic temperatures, strain sensors, magnetic field sensors.
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