Sharma S.K. (Ed.) Exchange Bias: From Thin Film to Nanogranular and Bulk Systems

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, US, 2017. — 357 p. — (Monograph Series in Physical Sciences) — ISBN: 1498797237.This timely book covers basic mechanisms, characterization, theoretical simulations, and applications for exchange bias in granular nanosystems, thin films, and bulk systems. After an overview of the field and key principles, the next section covers nanogranular (core-shell) systems, followed by chapters on thin films, bilayers/multilayers nanostructures, dilute magnetic semiconductors, and multiferroic systems. A final section turns to bulk systems, such as those consisting of perovskite structures, rare earth-transition metal intermetallic, and ion implantations.
Readers of this book will obtain:
-A complete, modern overview on exchange bias phenomena, covering synthesis, characterization techniques, and applications.
-An introduction to all the important phenomenological models proposed for thin films, bulk materials, and nanoparticles.
-Detailed discussion of the importance of size, shape, cooling field, and temperature on exchange bias properties.
-Understanding of novel applications of exchange bias systems.The Basis of Nanomagnetism: An Overview of Exchange Bias and Spring Magnets
Exchange-Coupled Bimagnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticles for Enhancing the Effective Magnetic Anisotropy
Exchange Bias in Dilute Magnetic Alloys
Structural Complexity in Exchange-Coupled Core–Shell Nanoparticles
Exchange-Bias Effect in Manganite Nanostructures
Monte Carlo Study of the Exchange Bias Effects in Magnetic Nanoparticles with Core–Shell Morphology
All-Electric Spintronics through Surface/Interface Effects
Understanding of Exchange Bias in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers
Exchange Bias in Core–Shell Nanowires and Nanotubes
Exchange-Bias Effect in Bulk Perovskite Manganites
Exchange Bias in Bulk Heusler Systems