Novel Magnetic Nanostructures: Unique Properties and Applications

Novel Magnetic Nanostructures: Unique Properties and Applications reviews the synthesis, design, characterization and unique properties of emerging nanostructured magnetic materials. It discusses the most promising and relevant applications, including data storage, spintronics and biomedical applications. Properties investigated include electronic, self-assembling, multifunctional, and magnetic properties, along with magnetic phenomena. Structures range from magnetic nanoclusters, nanoparticles, and nanowires, to multilayers and self-assembling nanosystems. This book provides a better understanding of the static and dynamic magnetism in new nanostructures for important applications.

Provides an overview of the latest research on novel magnetic nanostructures, including molecular nanomagnets, metallacrown magnetic nanostructures, magnetic dendrimers, self-assembling magnetic structures, multifunctional nanostructures, and much moreReviews the synthesis, design, characterization and detection of useful properties in new magnetic nanostructuresHighlights the most relevant applications, including spintronic, data storage and biomedical applications

1. Molecular nanomagnets based on f-elements
2. Metallacrowns reaching the nanosize regime
3. Multifunctional properties of g-Fe2O3 nanoparticles encapsulated into liquid-crystalline poly(propylene imine) dendrimer
4. Magnetic disorder in nanostructured materials
5. Self-assembly of smallest magnetic nanoparticles
6. Hybrid nanostructures for magnetoplasmonics
7. Highly responsive magnetoactive elastomers
8. Neel Effect: exploiting the non-linear behavior of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for applications in life sciences up to electrical engineering
9. Ferrimagnetic heterostructures for applications in magnetic recording
10. nanomagnetic supported catalysts
11. Spin and charge tunneling transport in magnetic tunnel junctions with embedded nanoparticles
12. Spin crossover nanoparticles
13. Magnetic metal-nonstoichiometric oxide nanocomposites: structure, transport and memristive properties