This page provides brief introductions to the research activities in the magnetic materials center.

Introduction to Magnetic Materials
o Types of magnetism
o Types of magnetic materials
o Hard magnetic materials
o Soft magnetic materials
o Magnetic materials for data storage
Introduction to Spintronics
o What is spintronics?
o Giant magnetoresistance (GMR)
o Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR)
o Spin filter
o Spin dependent resonant tunneling
o Magnoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM)
o Domain Wall Memory (DWM)
o Spin FET
o Spin polarization and ferromagnetic half-metal
o Spin polarization measurement using Andreev reflection
Introduction to Nanostructured materials
o Nanocrystalline materials
o Nanocomposite hard magnetic materials
o Nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials
Introduction to Nanostructure Processing Techniques
o Sputtering technique
o Ball milling technique
o Melt spinning technique
Introduction to Nanostructure Analytical Techniques
o Transmission electron microscopy
o Atom probe field ion microscopy