Stefanita C.-G. From Bulk to Nano: The Many Sides of Magnetism

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2008, 171 pages, ISBN: 3540705473The 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 different aspects of magnetism are unrelated. Quite often, the overwhelming amount of topics discussed in the professional literature views only parts of a field, ignoring a broader context. Therefore, the present book aims at addressing the relationship between apparently unconnected topics in magnetism. Less obvious relationships are revealed among individual fields on various scales, making them better understandable.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