This unique book provides the reader with the only comprehensive overview of the subject. It is an indispensable reference source in that it attempts to compress into one single volume the whole body of basic and applied research on amorphous magnetic metallic materials.Supplements to the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials appear regularly keeping the information contained in this book as up-to-date as possible. The book has been designed for easy use and is a must for researchers in the field.

Volume 44 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry contains descriptions of the inorganic and biological processes by which nanoparticles form, information about the distribution of nanoparticles in the atmosphere, aqueous environments, and soils, discussion of the impact of size on nanoparticle structure, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics, consideration of the nature of the smallest nanoparticles and molecular clusters, pathways for crystal growth and colloid formation, analysis of the size-dependence of phase stability and magnetic properties, and descriptions of methods for the study of nanoparticles. These questions are explored through both theoretical and experimental approaches. This volume was prepared in conjunction with a short course, "Nanoparticles in the Environment and Technology," convened on the campus of the University of California, Davis, CA on December 8 and 9, 2001.

Over the past 25 years, there have been many advances in the understanding of magnetic phenomena in molecular systems. For example, a variety of low-dimensional materials, and many new ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferrimagnetic systems have been synthesized and analyzed; metal cluster compounds that exhibit magnetic exchange have been examined; new orbital overlap theories have been proposed to explain magneto-structural correlations in exchange coupled systems; and efforts directed toward the preparation of an organic ferromagnetic material have produced new and interesting compounds. There have also been many advances in the use of magnetism as a probe of inorganic biomolecules.This volume brings together reviews of current research in magnetochemistry that are written by the world's leading researchers in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, and magnetism. It contains comprehensive and in-depth reviews that describe some of the current activities of these scientists and their research and lays the foundation for future research endeavors.

This volume presents a collection of papers on geometric structures in the context of Hurwitz-type structures and applications to surface physics. The first part of this volume concentrates on the analysis of geometric structures. Topics covered are: Clifford structures, Hurwitz pair structures, Riemannian or Hermitian manifolds, Dirac and Breit operators, Penrose-type and Kaluza--Klein-type structures. The second part contains a study of surface physics structures, in particular boundary conditions, broken symmetry and surface decorations, as well as nonlinear solutions and dynamical properties: a near surface region. For mathematicians and mathematical physicists interested in the applications of mathematical structures.

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This book covers the properties and structure of a wide range of magnetic materials with engineering applications. It discusses ferromagnetic, ferrigmagnetic, and amorphous materials and their role in the two major property groupings of high permeability and permanent-magnet materials. Other groups, including materials suitable for magnetic recording, magnetoelastic transducers, magneto-optical discs and magnetic bubble memories, are also included. The book providesan in-depth discussion of the basic mechanisms which determine magnetic properties, and features a comprehensive view of how the mechanisms of magnetization reversal and coercivity are related to and interpreted in terms of the structure of the various materials at both the atomic and microstructural levels. For ease of location of materials and topics, the chapters are structured with numbered headings. A large amount of information is presented in textual, tabular, and graphical form, and extensive references will direct the reader to the most important or most representative original papers or reviews. The book is aimed at research students in materials science and electrical engineering, and industrial researchers, for whom the concentration on useful materials will be of particular interest. Covers a wide range of ferromagnetic materials, including many permanent magnets currently under development or research Provides a clear interpretation of the observed properties of ferromagnetic materials or magnetic ceramics in terms of crystal and magnetic structure Presents a detailed discussion and interpretation of magnetic properties of 3.2% Si-Fe transformer core alloy Features extensive references, with easy access to specific materials or topics

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