Modern Magnetic and Spintronic Materials: Properties and Applications [Hardcover]

Magnetic and spintronic materials are ubiquitous in modern technological applications, e.g. in electric motors, power generators, sensors and actuators, not to mention information storage and processing. Medical technology has also greatly benefited from magnetic materials  especially magnetic nanoparticles  for therapy and diagnostics methods.

All of the above-mentioned applications rely on the properties of the materials used. These properties in turn depend on intrinsic and extrinsic material parameters. The former are related to the actual elements used and their properties, e.g. atomic magnetic moment and exchange interaction between atoms; the latter are related to the structural and microstructural properties of the materials used, e.g. their crystal structure, grain size, and grain boundary phases.

Focusing on state-of-the-art magnetic and spintronic materials, this book will introduce readers to a range of related topics in Physics and Materials Science. Phenomena and processes at the nanoscale are of particular importance in this context; accordingly, much of the book addresses such topics.

Chapter 1: Detection of microwave and terahertz-frequency signals in spintronic nanostructures.-Chapter 2: Microwave characterization of Y₃Fe₅O12 ferrite under a dc-magnetic field.- Chapter 3: Nanopatterned thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy  structure and magnetism.- Chapter 4: L1₀ ordered thin films for spintronic and permanent magnet applications.- Chapter 5: Effect of Au layers on A1?L1₀ phase transition and magnetic properties of FePt thin films.- Chapter 6: New applications of spin-crossover complexes: microwave absorption, chirooptical switching and enantioselective detection.- Chapter 7: Grain boundary diffusion dominl³¬