Symposium B-9: "Advanced Magnetic Materials (ISAM²-2003, International Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Materials-2003)"
Co-organized by IEEE Magnetics Society Japan Chapter

The scope of ISAM²-2003 includes but is not limited to the following topics.

http://spin.pe.titech.ac.jp/IUMRS-ICAM2003/B-9ISAM2/

Topics
Physics and chemistry of magnetic materials (metals, alloys, oxides, chalcogenides, nitrides, etc.) / Crystal growth, sintering and micro structure / Raw materials and manufacturing processes / Nanostructures, superstructures, photonic crystals, and multilayers (TMR, GMR, Spin valves, etc.) / Fine particles and composite materials / Soft magnetic materials / Hard magnetic materials and magnets / Magnetic recording: media, heads and systems / Magneto-optics: materials and applications / High frequency and microwave materials, and applications (EMC, EMI etc.) / Biomagnetism and medical applications / Catalytic applications and environmental technology / Magnetic fluids and toners / Sensors, transducers and other applications / Novel measurements and characterization technique: SPM, Spin SEM, etc. / Others

Invited Speakers (tentative)
E. E. Fullerton (IBM, U.S.A.)
A. Granovsky (Moscow State Univ., Russia)
"Magnetorefractive effect in nanocomposites"
P. Gruenberg (Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany)
V. G. Harris (Naval Research Lab., U.S.A.)
C. O. Kim (Chungnam National Univ., Korea)
D. E. Laughlin (Carnegie Mellon Univ., U.S.A.)
"Recent advances in magnetic recording using FePt alloys"
X. Li (National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore)
"Nanocrystalline deposition for developing high permeability magnetic materials"
K. Suzuki (Monash Univ., Australia)
"Magnetic hardening due to flash annealing of Fe₃B/Nd₂Fe₁₄B nanocomposite magnets"
C. Williams (Morgan State Univ., U.S.A.)
"Magnetization in pulse laser deposited epitaxial ferrite films and bilayers"

Chairpersons
M. Abe^1,2), Tokyo Inst. Tech, Japan
E-mail : amasanor@pe.titech.ac.jp
Y. Hirotsu, Osaka Univ., Japan
M. Inoue, Toyohashi Univ. Tech., Japan
E. Kita, Univ. Tsukuba, Japan
Y. Miura, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan
Y. Nakamura, Tokyo Inst. Tech., Japan
T. Sato, Shinshu Univ., Japan
T. Shinohara, Hitachi Metals Ltd., Japan
K. Takanashi, Tohoku Univ., Japan

International Chairpersons
A. Granovsky, Moscow State Univ., Russia
P. Gunberg, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
V. G. Harris, Naval Research Lab., U.S.A.
C. O. Kim, Chungnam National Univ., Korea
X. Li, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Y. D. Yao, SINICA, Taiwan

*Welcome Party is planned to be held at 18:30-20:00 on October 9, 2003.