Magnetic Nanostructures from fundamental studies to technical…磁性纳米结构从基础研究到技术.pdfVIP

Ecole Franco-Roumaine : Magnétisme des systèmes nanoscopiques et structures hy brides - Brasov, 2003 Magnetic Nanostructures: from fundamental studies to technical applications E. Burzo Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Abstract Magnetic nanostructured materials produced in the present are reviewed. Some of their technical applications are presented. I. Introduction The place of scientific research in economical and social life is of great importance. The generated knowledges and their interactions with industry contributed essentially to the evolution of the human society. Since our summer school is mainly connected with the field of magnetism, the evolution of the research in this field and the connection with nanomaterials seem to be useful to be remembered. The development of the knowledge in the field of magnetism may be divided in seven periods [1]: (1) ancient (-1000 1500), (2) early (1500 1820), electromagnetic (1820 1900), understanding (1900 1935), high frequency (1935 1960), applications (1960 1995) and spin electronics (1995 present). Atomic scale magnetic phenomena were discovered in the first half of the last century, but only in recent decades it became clear that solid-state magnetism is, to a large extent, a nanostructural phenomena. A naturally occurring biomagnetic phenomenon is magnetit e nanoparticles precipitated in bacteria, mollusks and contain chains of 40-100 nm particles used for vertical orientation [2, 3]. Similar magnetite particles have been found in the brains of bees or pigeons and may serve as field sensors for migration