Nanomagnetic Materials

Nanomagnetic Materials: Fabrication, Characterization and Application explores recent studies of conventional nanomagnetic materials in spintronics, data storage, magnetic sensors and biomedical applications. In addition, the book also reviews novel magnetic characteristics induced in two-dimensional materials, diamonds, and those induced by the artificial formation of lattice defect and heterojunction as novel nanomagnetic materials. Nanomagnetic materials are usually based on d- and f-electron systems. They are an important solution to the demand for higher density of information storage, arising from the emergence of novel technologies required for non-volatile memory systems. Advances in the understanding of magnetization dynamics and in the characteristics of nanoparticles or surface of nanomagnetic materials is resulting in greater expansion of applications of nanomagnetic materials, including in biotechnology, sensor devices, energy harvesting, and power generating systems. This book provides a cogent overview of the latest research on novel nanomagnetic materials, including spintronic nanomagnets, molecular nanomagnets, self-assembling magnetic nanomaterials, nanoparticles, multifunctional materials, and heterojunction-induced novel magnetism.

"…This reference book is a source for the material scientist looking to gain an understanding of the growth and synthesis of nanomagnetic materials and devices, characterization, fundamental properties, and the latest applications using nano-magnetic materials...." --IEEE - Electrical Insulation Magazine

Akinobu Yamaguchi is Associate Professor, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo, Japan. His research focuses on the fabrication of of artificial materials with modulated and/or periodic magnetic structure composed of nanoscale magnets, which are intentionally added topologic designs. Atsufumi Hirohata is a received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2001, followed by post-doctoral research experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tohoku University and Riken. He is currently the President-Elect of the IEEE Magnetics Society and an editor of Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials as well as Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, and an editorial board member of Journal of Physics D, Spin, Frontiers in Physics, SciNotes and Magnetochemistry. Bethanie Stadler is Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, USA. Her research lies in the areas of nanomagnetic and photonic materials and devices