This book reports on the recent progresses in theory, application, and characterization of magnetic materials. It covers a broad spectrum of topics on magnetic materials with different shapes and morphologies such as transition metals, cylindrical and 2D ferromagnetic nanowires, core-shell nanowires, monoatomic-layered nanostructures, and nanocrystals. This book addresses diverse groups of readers with general background in physics and material science and also covers topics for the specialists in the field of magnetism. It is believed that this book will be interesting for the readers and will provide a solid foundation about the topic for the students, scientists, and engineers working in the field of material science and condensed matter physics.
This issue contains 25 invited and contributed papers, all peer reviewed according to the American Ceramic Society Review Process. The latest developments in processing and manufacturing technologies are covered, including green manufacturing, smart processing, advanced composite manufacturing, rapid processing, joining, machining, and net shape forming technologies. These papers discuss the most important aspects necessary for understanding and further development of processing and manufacturing of ceramic materials and systems.
"Micromagnetics and Recording Materials" is a book trying to give a systematic theory of computational applied magnetism, based on Maxwell equations of fields and Landau-Lifshitz equations of magnetic moments. The focused magnetic materials are magnetic recording materials utilized in computer hard disk drives. Traditionally, “Micromagnetics” includes the areas of “magnetization curve theory", “domain theory" and “read and write process analyses in recording systems”. As Springer Briefs, this book includes the first two areas of micromagnetics. M-H loops of hard magnetic thin film media, soft magnetic layers and Tunneling MagnetoResistive spin valves are solved based on the microstructures of thin films. Static domain structures and dynamic switching processes are analyzed in the arbitrary-shaped magnetic devices such as write head pole tips and magnetic force microscope tips. The book is intended for researchers who are interested in applied magnetism and magnetic recording in all disciples of physical science. Prof. Dan Wei works at Tsinghua University, China.