Microwires were created in the former Soviet Union for
military purposes. They formed the basis of the camouflage of a model of spy
plane used by the Soviet army, but for a long time the scientific community has
been studying them for other purposes. A study by the UPV/EHU’s Magnetism Group
is making progress in furthering understanding of the surface magnetic
behaviour of glass-coated microwires and has concluded that they are the major
candidates for use as high sensitivity sensors, in mobile phones, for example.
The study has been published in the journal Physica B: Condensed Matter.