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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144897203321

Titolo

Local-Moment Ferromagnets : Unique Properties for Modern Applications / / edited by Markus Donath, Wolfgang Nolting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2005

ISBN

9783540315162

3540315160

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 332 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 678

Disciplina

538/.44

Soggetti

Magnetism

Magnetic materials

Engineering

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

Engineering, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Concentrated Local-Moment Systems -- Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors -- Half-Metallic Ferromagnets.

Sommario/riassunto

Some ferromagnetic materials with localized magnetic moments have become a hot topic in modern solid-state physics because of their potential applications, e.g. in spintronic devices. The magnetic systems of interest comprise diluted magnetic semiconductors and half-metallic ferromagnets. Like conventional concentrated local-moment systems, they are characterized by an exchange interaction between localized magnetic moments and quasi-free charge carriers. The current research on local-moment ferromagnetism is reviewed in a tutorial style by leading experts in this field. Experimentalists present the latest approaches to characterize the unique material properties, and theoreticians propose definitive ideas to explain the observed phenomena. Students and researches alike will benefit from this status report.