Abstract
We have successfully fabricated nanocrystalline Co2MnSi Heusler alloy
glass-coated microwires with a metallic nucleus diameter of 10.2 μm and
total diameter 22.2 μm by the Taylor–Ulitovsky technique. Magnetic and
structural investigations have been performed to clarify the basic
magneto-structural properties of the Co2MnSi glass-coated microwires.
XRD showed a well-defined crystalline structure with a lattice parameter
a = 5.62 Å. Metallic nucleus of both annealed and as-prepared sample
show L21 cubic ordered structured mixed with the amorphous glass
coating. The hysteresis loops showed unique thermal stability with
temperature, the coercivity (Hc) exhibits roughly stable
temperature behavior. The annealed sample shows anomalous magnetic
behavior with temperature at applied external magnetic field H = 5 kOe,
where different four trends of magnetization curves with temperature are
observed. The obtained results illustrate the sensitivity of
Co2MnSi-based glass coated microwires to the temperature and magnetic
field which make it a promising material for sensing application.