Experimental Techniques in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

S. B. Roy is emeritus professor at the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India. His research includes experimental and theoretical aspects of magnetism and superconductivity. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK and University of Florida, Gainesville, USA during 1986–1991. He has published more than 200 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and holds two US patents. He received Homi Bhabha Science Technology Award of Department of Atomic Energy, India in 2006. He was elected Fellow of Institute of Physics, UK in 2014.

Preface; Part I. Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; 1. A Short History of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; 2. Role of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Modern Society; Part II. Basic Phenomenology of Magnetism; 3. Magnetic Moment and the Effect of Crystal Environment; 4. Exchange Interactions and Magnetism in Solids; 5. Magnetically Ordered States in Solids; Part III. Experimental Techniques in Magnetism; 6. Conventional Magnetometry; 7. Magnetic Resonance and Relaxation; 8. Optical Methods; 9. Neutron Scattering; 10. X-ray Scattering; 11. Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Techniques; 12. Nano-Scale Magnetometry with Nitrogen Vacancy Center; A. Magnetic Fields and Their Generation; B. Units in Magnetism; C. Demagnetization Field and Demagnetization Factor; Index.