- Docente: Lucia Del Bianco
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 8025)
Course contents
Introduction to Magnetism
- Atomic magnetic moments
- Exchange interaction
- Ordered magnetic systems: ferro-magnetism, antiferro-magnetism, ferri-magnetism
Magnetic anisotropy
- Magnetic anisotropy (general)
- Magnetocrystalline anisotropy
- Shape anisotropy
- Magnetostriction; magnetoelastic anisotropy
- Formation of magnetic domains
- Magnetic hysteresis
Size effects
- Single-domain magnets
- Magnetic configuration of nanostructured systems: the random anisotropy model
- Coercivity and size effects
- Superparamagnetism
Interface phenomena
- Exchange-bias effect
- Giant magnetoresistance (GMR)
Nanostructured magnetic systems
- Soft and Hard nanocrystalline magnetic alloys
- GMR sensors; spin valves
- Materials for magneto-recording media
Readings/Bibliography
'Introduction to Magnetic Materials'
by L. C. Cullity (Addison-Wesley)
'Modern Magnetic Materials: Principles and Applications'
by Robert C. O'Handley (Wiley-Interscience)
'Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials'
by David C. Jiles (Chapman & Hall/CRC)
Review articles from scientific journals (language: English)
Teaching methods
Formal lessons
Assessment methods
Oral test
Office hours
See the website of Lucia Del Bianco