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Magnetic nanowires and microwires are key tools in the development of
enhanced devices for information technology (memory and data processing) and
sensing. Offering the combined characteristics of high density, high speed, and
non-volatility, they facilitate reliable control of the motion of magnetic domain
walls; a key requirement for the development of novel classes of logic and storage
devices.
Part One introduces the design and synthesis of magnetic nanowires and
microwires, reviewing the growth and processing of nanowires and nanowire
heterostructures using such methods as sol-gel and electrodeposition
combinations, focused-electron/ion-beam-induced deposition, chemical
vapour transport, quenching and drawing and magnetic interactions. Magnetic
and transport properties, alongside domain walls, in nano- and microwires
are then explored in Part Two, before Part Three goes on to explore a wide
range of applications for magnetic nano- and microwire devices, including
memory, microwave and electrochemical applications, in addition to thermal
spin polarization and configuration, magnetocalorific effects and Bloch point
dynamics.
List of contents
Part I Design and synthesis of magnetic nano- and microwires
1 Electrochemical Methods For Template-Assisted Synthesis Of Nanostructured Materials
2 Electrochemical Synthesis Of Magnetic Nanowires With Controlled Geometry And Magnetic Anisotropy
3 Multiferroic and ferromagnetic nanowires prepared by combined sol-gel & electrodeposition techniques
4 Growth of nanowire heterostructures and their energy applications
5 Magnetic nanowires grown by focused-electron/ion-beam-induced deposition
6 Epitaxial growth of magnetic nanowires by chemical vapour transport
7 Magnetic nanowires and submicron wires prepared by quenching and drawing technique
8 Processing magnetic microwires for magnetic bistability and magnetoimpedance
9 Bimagnetic microwires: synthesis and magnetic interactions
Part II Magnetic and transport properties, and domain walls in nano- and microwires
10 Current driven domain wall motion under spin orbit torques in magnetic heterostructures
11 Magnetic transport and domain walls in magnetic nanostrips
12 Controlled single-domain wall motion in magnetic microwires
13 Domain structure and domain walls dynamics in microwires as determined by magneto-optical Kerr effect
14 Micromagnetic simulations in cylindrical magnetic nanowires
15 Ferromagnetic resonance in individual wires: from micro to nanowires
Part III Applications of magnetic nano- and microwires
16 Oxide nanowires for non-volatile memory applications
17 Magnetic microwires in microwave applications
18 Thermal spin polarization in bidimensional systems
19 Magnetocaloric effects in magnetic microwires and applications
20 Functionalization of magnetic nanowires for biomedical applications
21 Soft chemistry nanowires for permanent magnet fabrication
22 Multiscale simulation of Bloch point dynamics in thick nanowires
23 Spin waves and spin configuration in magnetic nanowires
24 Electrochemical synthesis of magnetic nanotubes
25 Head-to-head domain walls in one-dimensional nanostructures: an extended phase diagram
About the author
Manuel Vázquez is Professor of Research of the Spanish National Research Council with over 40 years of expertise in magnetism and magnetic materials. Previously he was the Head of Laboratory at the Institute of Applied Magnetism, Madrid (1992–2000), he set up the Group on Nanomagnetism and Magnetization Processes at the Institute of Materials Sciences of Madrid (from 2001), and he was the Manager of the Strategic Action on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education from 2004–2009.
