Ferrite Nanostructured Magnetic Materials

Dr. Jitendra Pal Singh is currently working as Ramanujan Fellow at Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, Haryana, India. Dr. Singh earned his PhD from the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. He has been associated with Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, South Korea, prior to his current appointment. Professor Keun Hwa Chae received his B.Sc. Physics in 1986 and M.Sc. Physics in 1988 from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. Degree in Physics from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. He is a post-doctoral fellow from 1995 to 1997 at Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, USA. He is currently working as a principal research scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea since 2000. His research fields include ion beam modification of materials and characterization of materials using synchrotron radiation with special emphasis on ferrite research. Professor R.C. Srivastava is currently working as Head of Department in the Department of Physics, G.B. Pant University of Ag. & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, India. He joined Pantnagar in 1993. He did his Ph.D. from I.I.T. Kanpur in 1990. He is actively engaged in the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials. His research interests include magnetic nanomaterials, spintronics, diluted magnetic semiconductors, superconducting materials, magnetic thin films etc. He is also working on the modification of materials by swift heavy ion irradiation. Prof. O. F. Caltun received his B.Sc. Physics in 1980 and M.Sc. Physics in 1981 in Plasma Physics at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. In 1998 he defended his Ph. D. in magnetism. In 2007 he became full Professor at the same university. He has served as a visiting scientist at institutions in Taiwan, Germany and USA with the support of NSF of Taiwan, DAAD and Fulbright agencies. His 40 year career in research has focused on bulk and nanostructured magnetic materials for sensors, actuators and magnetic carriers for technological and medical applications. He has authored books and papers in magnetism and magnetic materials, and has supervised more than 100 B. Sc., M. Sc. and Ph. D. theses.

Part 1 - Magnetism and Ferrite Nanostructure 1. Fundamentals of Magnetism 2. Classification and Types of Ferrites 3. Technical Magnetism 4. Magnetization processes in ferrite nanoparticles, thin films and nanowires 5. Spin-Canting in Ferrite Nanostructure Chapter

Part 2 - Synthesis and Post-synthesis Approaches 6. Mechanical Milling of ferrite Nanoparticles 7. Ferrite Nanoparticles by Sol - gel Method 8. Synthesis of Ferrite Nanoparticles using Sonochemical Methods 9. Green Synthesis of Ferrite Nanoparticles 10. Synthesis of Rare Earth Doped Ferrite Nanoparticles 11. Synthesis of Ferrite Based Core-Shell Particles 12. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Ferrite Thin Films 13. RF sputtering of Ferrite Thin Films 14. Growth of Ferrite Thin Films using Molecular Beam Epitaxy 15. Atomic Layer Deposition of Ferrite Thin Films 16. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ferrite Thin Films 17. Chemical Synthesis of Ferrite Thin Films 18. Growth of Nanorods and Nanotubes of Ferrites 19. Ferrite Nanoflowers 20. Synthesis of Ferrite Nanocubes 21. Ferrite nanoparticles and thin films irradiated by slow highly charged ion beams 22. Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation in Ferrite Nanostructures 23. Ion Implantation in Ferrites

Part 3 - Characterisation Tools and Specific Behavior 24. Mössbauer Study of Ferrite Nanoparticles 25. Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and its Applications to Ferrite Materials 26. Cation Distribution in Ferrite Nanoparticles and Thin Films using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Methods 27. XMCD as a probe of cation distributions in ferrite nanoparticles 28. Raman Spectroscopy of Ferrites 29. Optical behavior of Ferrite Nanoparticles and Thin Films 30. Photocatalytic Activity of Ferrites 31. Dielectric properties of spinel ferrites nanostructures 32. Multiferroic Behavior of Ferrites 33. Magnetostriction Effects in Ferrites 34. Magneto Electrical Behaviour of Ferrite Based Composite 35. Verwey transition in Fe3O4

Part 4 - Applications 36. Spinel Ferrites for Energy Applications 37. Ferrites use in magnetic recording 38. Spinel-Ferrite based Heterostructures for Spintronics Applications 39. Ferrite nanoparticles for hyperthermia 40. Nanostructured ferrite materials for theranostics 41. Ferrites and Fe-oxides as effective materials for the removal of CO2