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A novel design of fast response Mn–Ni–Cu–Fe–O microbead thermistors for radiosonde

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Radiosondes play a vital role in meteorological detection by serving as essential hardware support for collecting critical climatic data. Temperature sensor is of particular importance in radiosondes. To enhance the response speed of the temperature sensors, a microbead thermistor, encapsulated with insulation layer and reflective layer, has been fabricated in this paper. The resulting microbead thermistors exhibit resistance values ranging from 60 kΩ to 0.5 kΩ across temperatures spanning from − 80 °C to 60 °C. Notably, the response time of this thermistor is 0.45 s in still air, which is shorter compared to similar products. Consequently, this microbead thermistor with fast response time can be used in temperature measurement of meteorological detection.

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We would like to acknowledge financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of **njiang, China (Grant No. 2022D01A332&2021D01A192) and the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2021-XBQNXZ-003).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments of CAS, **njiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, **njiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry of CAS, 40-1 South Bei**g Road, Urumqi, 830011, China

    Yi Liu, Junhua Wang, Peng Huo, Chenyu Shi, Ziang Liu, Yuquan Yan, **cheng Yao & Aimin Chang

  2. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100049, China

    Yi Liu, Peng Huo, Chenyu Shi & Ziang Liu

  3. School of Physics Science and Technology, **njiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China

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YL was responsible for preparing materials, testing properties, analyzing data, and completing first draft writing. PH was involved in the experimental process of preparing Mn–Ni–Cu–Fe–O powders. CS was involved in preparing Mn–Ni–Cu–Fe–O microbead thermistor. ZL and YY participated in the performance test of thermistors. JW had embellished the first manuscript. JY and AC had checked and calibrated the manuscript. All authors contributed to the final output of the article.

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Liu, Y., Wang, J., Huo, P. et al. A novel design of fast response Mn–Ni–Cu–Fe–O microbead thermistors for radiosonde. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1737 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11120-3

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