Nanoscale thin films are widely implemented across a plethora of technological and
scientific areas, and form the basis for many advancements that have driven human …

Heusler alloys are theoretically predicted to become half-metals at room temperature (RT).
The advantages of using these alloys are good lattice matching with major substrates, high …

Spintronics is one of the emerging research fields in nanotechnology and has been growing
very rapidly. Studies of spintronics were started after the discovery of giant …

In the field of spintronics, researchers have manipulated magnetization using spin-polarized
currents,,. Another option is to use a voltage-induced symmetry change in a ferromagnetic …

This tutorial article introduces the physics of spin transfer torques in magnetic devices. Our
intention is that it be accessible to beginning graduate students. We provide an elementary …

Magnetic nanostructures, such as dots and dot arrays, nanowires, multilayers and
nanojunctions, are reviewed and compared with bulk magnets. The emphasis is on the …

We review the recent developments in the electric field control of magnetism in multiferroic
heterostructures, which consist of heterogeneous materials systems where a …

The existence of magnetic domains arises from the action of several interactions present in
magnetic materials, mainly exchange, anisotropy, and dipolar. This chapter deals with some …

In this paper, we review some of the key concepts in ultrathin film magnetism which underpin
nanomagnetism. We survey the results of recent experimental and theoretical studies of well …

The properties of soft-matter thin films (eg liquid films, polymer coatings, Langmuir-Blodgett
multilayers) nowadays play an important role in materials science. They are also very …