A workshop on
Microstructure-properties of Magnetic Materials

October 27, 2008
2nd Seminar Room, Sengen, NIMS

coorganized by
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitronics & Magnetic Materials Center
National Institute for Materials Science

cosponsered by
the JSPS Amorphous Nanomaterials 147 Committee

9:00 - 9:10 Opening Remarks
K. Hono, NIMS
9:10 - 9:40 Engineering the microstructure and properties of ultra-High density magnetic recording media
D. E. Laughlin, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
9:40 - 10:00 L10 FePt-C nanogranular perpendicular anisotropy films with narrow size distribution
A. Perumal, MMC, NIMS
10:00 - 10:30 Exchange spring and graded magnets for high density magnetic storage
T. Schrefl, Dept Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, UK
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:10 Hc control of FePt thin films and nano particles
Y. K. Takahashi, MMC, NIMS
11:10 - 11:30 Micromagnetics of spin torque nano-oscillators
G. Hrkac, Dept Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, UK
11:30 - 12:00 Current driven domain wall dynamics in magnetic nanowires
M. Hayashi, Innovative Materials Lab., NIMS
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:50 Search of Heusler alloy half-metals by point contact Andreev reflection
A. Rajanikanth, ICYS-IMAT, NIMS
13:50 - 14:10 Tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions with half-metallic Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 Heusler alloy electrodes
H. Sukegawa, MMC, NIMS
14:10 - 14:30 Current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance in spin-valve structures using Heusler alloy electrodes
T. Furubayashi, MMC, NIMS
14:30 - 15:00 Spin dependent tunneling in nanoparticles
S. Mitani, MMC, NIMS
15:00 - 15:20 Break
15:20 - 15:50 Novel functional magnetic materials based on magneto-structural transitions
O. Gutfleisch, IFW Dresden
15:50 - 16:10 Microstructure-coercivity relations in Nd-Fe-B magnets studied on artificially developed Nd/Nd-Fe-B interfaces
S. Hirosawa, Hitachi Metals
16:10 - 16:30 Multi-scale characterization of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets
T. Ohkubo, MMC, NIMS
16:30 - 16:50 Magnetization process in hard magnetic materials
T. Shima, Tohoku Gakuin Univ.
16:50 - 17:10 Interaction domains in high performance NdFeB thick films for application in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
T. Woodcock, IFW Dresden, Germany
17:10 - 17:30 Discussion
18:30 - Banquet

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Registration: iitsuka.takako@nims.go.jp
Registration fee: free
Banquet fee: to be collected on site (~4000 JPY)

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