Novel Applications of Bistable Magnetic Microwires

R. Sabola, P. Klein a, T. Ryba a, L. Hvizdos a, R. Vargaa,b, M. Rovnak c, I. Sulla d, D. Mudronova e, J. Galik f, I. Polacek g, J. Zivcak g and R. Hudak g aRVmagnetics, a.s., Hodkovce 21, 04421 Košice, Slovakia bInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, P.J. Safarik University, Park Angelinum 9, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia cFaculty of Civil Engineering, TU Košice, Košice 042 00, Slovakia dDept. Anat. Hist. Phys., UVMP, Komenskeho 74, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia eDept. Microbiol. Immun., UVMP, Komenskeho 74, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia fInstitute of Neurobiology, SAS, Soltesovej 4, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia gDept. Biomed. Eng. Meas., Fac. Mech. Eng., TU Košice, Košice 042 00, Slovakia

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Few examples of technical and biomedical applications of bistable magnetic microwires are shown. Particularly, application of microwires in civil engineering are shown for sensing the mechanical stress in concrete, steel structure or steel cable by simple gluing it on the surface of studied structure. On the other hand, biomedical applications for sensing the stress, temperature, and position inside the human or animal body are shown. Experiments with pig intestine cells points to the biocompatibility of glass coated microwires.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1150 PACS numbers: 75.50.Kj, 75.60.Jk