MagneticUltrathinFilmsMultilayersandSurfaces

Thefieldofmagneticultrathinfilmscontinuestobeanexcitingandrapidlyexpandingone,asdemonstratedbyrecentadvancesingiantmagnetoresistance(GMR),exchange-coupledstructures,andmagneticanisotropies.NewGMRmaterials,suchasMnperovskites,havebeendeveloped,andneweffects,suchasexchangecouplingthroughsemiconductinginterlayers,non-Heisenberg-typecoupling,perpendicularGMR,andhotelectronspin-valveeffects,havebeendiscovered.ThisbookfromMRSoffersaninternationalperspectiveontheexpandingactivity,andfeaturesdevelopmentsinbothfundamentalandappliedareas.Topicsinclude:novelmagneticnanostructuresandapplications;growth,structureandinterfaces;interlayercoupling;magneticanisotropy;ultrathinfilms,magneticdomains;giantmagnetoresistance;colossalmagnetoresistance;spectroscopies,magneto-opticalpropertiesandgranularnanostructures.