Volume 7 of the Handbook of Magnetic Materials provides an overview
of some of the most exciting topics in magnetism today.
Firstly, a substantial step forward in the understanding of
metallic magnetism has been reached by means of electronic band
structure calculation. Progress in this area has been made not only
due to the availability of high speed computing machines but also
due to sophistication in the computational methodology. Two
chapters are devoted to this subject, one of which is devoted to
the elements and the other dealing primarily with 4f and 5f
systems, including examples of the large group of intermetallic
compounds. In both chapters the authors have concentrated on
explaining the physics behind these band calculations. The chapters
are written in a manner understandable to scientists having no
experience with band calculations.
Thin film technology has become a key issue in high density
magnetic and magneto-optical recording and will be dealt with in
future volumes of the Handbook. The present volume introduces the
field with a chapter on the magnetism of ultrathin transition metal
films, describing the richness in novel magnetic phenomens that has
been encountered in the past few years in these materials. Of equal
interest are the novel magnetic phenomena observed when magnetic
moments are incorporated in a semiconducting matrix. A
comprehensive description of these materials is found in the
chapter on diluted magnetic semiconductors. A separate chapter is
devoted to the progress made in the field of heavy fermions and
valence fluctuations, emphasis being placed on the important
results obtained by means of neutron scattering. A detailed review
of the progress made in the field of rare earth based intermetallic
compounds in combination with 3d transition metals completes this
multifaceted volume.
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