Properties, Advances, and Challenges of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Magnetic Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 231
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Interests: soft magnetic materials; magnetocaloric materials; amorphous and nanocrystalline materials; melt-spinning technique
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Dear Colleagues,
Amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials exhibit a number of key differentiating properties with respect to crystalline counterparts. Magnetic as well as other macroscopic properties in such materials depend strongly on the local atomic arrangement. From one side the correlations between crystal structure and magnetic properties of magnetic materials play a fundamental role. From the other side the finite size and surface effects in nanoparticles and nanolayers exhibit interesting and considerably different magnetic properties than those found in their corresponding bulk materials (Curie or Neel temperatures, the coercivity field etc.).
There are many aspects of the development of magnetic components to maximize their performance and efficiency in the dedicated application, such as material development and technological aspects. Nanocomposite magnetic materials are usually obtained in the form of nanoparticles, nanolayers, powders, ribbons, or bulks by using various production methods, including epitaxial growth, atomization processes (water, gas, rotational, ultrasonic, plasma), mechanical alloying, wet chemical synthesis, rapid quenching methods, powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing techniques. The post-processing treatment for such obtained materials also plays a crucial role (aging, heat treatment, magnetic–heat treatment, chemical activation). The proper combination of the optimized chemical composition of the materials and their production technologies makes it possible to enhance their magnetic and mechanical properties demanded by the precisely defined application.
This Special Issue, “Properties, Advances, and Challenges of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Magnetic Materials”, will address advances in materials science, processing, and the characterization and application aspects of various types of functional magnetic materials, including hard and soft magnetic materials, multiferroic and hybrid materials, shape memory alloys, magnetocaloric materials, magnetostrictive materials, functionalized magnetic materials for biomedical application and electromagnetic absorbers in various shape combinations: bulk, ribbon, nanoparticle, nanowire, wire, thin films, 2D magnets and superlattices.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews on the properties, advances, and challenges of amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials are all welcome.
Dr. Aleksandra Kolano-Burian
Dr. Łukasz Hawełek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- magnetic materials
- nanocrystalline
- multiferroic materials
- macroscopic properties
- magnetic properties
- manufacturing techniques
