By
F. Petroff, UM Thomson-CNRS, Orsay Cedex, France
M.A.M. Gijs, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Description
The Symposium on Magnetic Ultrathin Films, Multilayers and
Surfaces, hosted by the European Materials Research Society, was
held at the
Palais de la Musique et des Congré in
Strasbourg, France on June 4-7, 1996. Its central theme was the
relationship of magnetic
properties and device performance to
structure at the nano and micrometer length scale. Research on
the magnetism of surfaces, ultrathin
films and multilayers has
increased dramatically during recent years. This development was
triggered by the discovery of coupling between
ferromagnetic
layers across nonmagnetic spacer layers and of the giant
magnetoresistance effect in systems of reduced dimension using
various micro and nanofabrication techniques has become a subject
of special interest. It is certainly the promising application
potential
of these effects in new magnetic recording device
geometries which causes this intensive research, which is done
both by companies and
at universities and research
institutes.
A selection of invited and contributed papers
presented at the Symposium and accepted for
publication is
contained in this volume. The contents of these proceedings are
organized into seven sections.
A. Nanowires, Nanoparticles,
Nanostructuring
B. Ultrathin Films and Surfaces,
Characterization
C. Giant Magnetoresistance
D. Coupling,
Tunneling
E. Growth,
Structure, Magnetism
F. Growth,
Structure, Magnetoresistance
G. Coupling, Magnetic processes,
Magneto-optics.
The first four sections
contain invited and
oral contributed papers in the listed research domains, while the
last three sections contain the contributions presented
during
three large poster sessions.
Included in series
European Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings
