From Bulk to Nano The Many Sides of Magnetism /

• Main Author: Stefanita, Carmen-Gabriela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 117
• Subjects: Physics.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Engineering.; Structural materials.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Structural Materials.; Engineering, general.

The field of magnetism is rapidly advancing in this new millennium, revealing an ever-wider diversity of magnetic phenomena on more than one scale. With the emergence of countless applications particularly on a nanoscale, and their unpredictable implications mostly on a macroscale, it may seem that...

Table of Contents:

• Barkhausen Noise as a Magnetic Nondestructive Testing Technique
• Combined Phenomena in Novel Materials
• Magnetoresistance and Spin Valves
• Some Basic Spintronics Concepts
• Trends in Magnetic Recording Media
• Concluding Remarks.