| Advances in Nanoscale Magnetism: Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanoscale Magnetism Icnm-2007, June 25 -29, Istanbul, Turkey Contributor(s): Aktas, Bekir (Editor), Mikailov, Faik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642089313 ISBN-13: 9783642089312 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Magnetism - Technology & Engineering | Nanotechnology & Mems - Science | Life Sciences - Molecular Biology |
| Dewey: 538.4 |
| Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 330 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Intensive investigations on nanoscale magnetism have promoted remarkable progressintechnologicalapplicationsofmagnetisminvariousareas.Thete- nical progress of recent years in the preparations of multilayer thin ?lms and nanowires led to the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR), imp- ing an extraordinary change in the resistivity of the material by varying the applied external magnetic ?eld. The Nobel Prize for Physics in 2007 was awardedtoAlbertFertandPeterGrun ] bergfortheirdiscoveryofGMR.App- cations of this phenomenon have revolutionizedtechniques for retrieving data fromharddisks.Thediscoveryalsoplaysamajorroleinvariousmagnetics- sors as well as the development of a new generation of electronics. The use of GMRcanberegardedasoneofthe?rstmajorapplicationsofnanotechnology. The GMR materials have already found applications as sensors of low magnetic ?eld, a key component of computer hard disk heads, magnetores- tive RAM chips etc. The "read" heads for magnetic hard disk drives have allowed us to increase the storage density on a disk drive from 1 to 20 Gbit per square inch, merely by the incorporation of the new GMR materials. On the other hand, recently discovered giant magneto-impedance (GMI) mate- als look very promising in the development of a new generation of microwave band electronic devices (such as switches, attenuators, and antennas) which could be managed electrically. |