Abstract

We combine effective medium theory (EMT) with the two-channel conducting model to study the magnetic granular concentration dependence of a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic granular composites. The composite is composed of small magnetic granules (such as Co) embedded in an immiscible nonmagnetic metallic matrix (such as Ag). We present a model for the composite in which the magnetic metallic granules are spherical in shape and have a distribution in sizes, and in which there are different contributions of superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic granules to conductance. The calculated result about the concentration dependence of GMR is in agreement with the experimental data.

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