◆ Guest Comment: A Proposal for the Research and Education at University……S. Honda ◆ Review Articles on Applications of Magnetic Properties and Materials to Electric Appliances for Daily Use Objective…..E. Kita    Review: Thin Film Hall Sensors, Hall ICs, and Their Applications……I. Shibasaki    Review: Contactless Power Transmission System Utilizing a Magnetic Field……H. Matsuki, and F. Sato    Review: Historical Introduction and Current Progress of Loudspeaker Magnetic Circuits……T. Saeki ◆ Lecture: Perpendicular Magnetic Recording V Chapter 4 Simulator for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording: Part 1……Y. Nakamura Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics VII 7. Spin Currents and Spin Torques……A. Sakuma ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice President:      N. Ota, […]

◆ Guest Comment: Delights of Research……H. Sakakima ◆ Review Articles on MSJ Outstanding Research Awards Objective…..K. Kobayashi    Review: Pathway to Coupled Granular/Continuous Perpendicular Recording Media……Y. Sonobe    Review: Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials and Their Applications……Y. Yoshizawa    Review: Theoretical Studies of the Magnetic Properties of 3d Transition Metal Systems……A. Sakuma ◆ Lecture: Antiferromagnetic Materials IV Magnetic Properties of Mn and Mn-based Alloys……K. Fukamichi ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice President:      N. Ota, K. Kobayashi Director, General Affairs:      K. Ando, Y. Hoshi Director, Treasurer:      K. Ohmori, Y. Suzuki Director, Planning:      K. Watanabe, K. Takanashi Director, Editing:     M. Futamoto, M. Yamaguchi Director, Public Information:     S. Nakagawa Auditor:      K. Tagami, H. Fukunaga

◆ Guest Comment: Past and Present of Magnetic Field Analysis……N. Takahashi ◆ Review: Development of New ‘Super-perpendicular’ Hard Drive……H. Takano ◆ Review: A Development of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Hard Disk Drives……Y. Tanaka ◆ Review: Theoretical Research on Magnetoresistance……J. Inoue ◆ Review Articles on History of Magnetic Heads Objective…..T. Sato    Review: History of Magnetic Heads for Hard Disk Drives, I: Write Heads……Y. Miura    Review: History of Magnetic Heads for Hard Disk Drives, II: Read Heads……Y. Miura    Review: History of Magnetic Head for Tape Recording Technology……S. Kumagai ◆ Lecture: Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Materials IV Fundamental Properties of Co-Cr Perpendicular Anisotropy Film……K. Ouchi Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics VI 6. Basic Concept of Spin Currents (2)……A. […]

◆ 2006 Excellent Presentation Award Winners in the Magnetics Society of Japan ◆ Guest Comment: Viewing the Future through the Past……Bill Doyle ◆ Review: Research and Development of Magnetic Recording Devices on the Bases of Design of Highly Functional Magnetic Thin Films Using Electrochemical Technology……T. Osaka ◆ Review Articles on Magnetic Field Generation and Its Application Objective…..N. Inaba    Review: Fundamental Techniques of Magnetic Field Generation and Their Applications……M. Motokawa    Review: A Pulse Field Magnetometer to Characterize Magnetization Reversal of Recording Media……T. Shimatsu, and H. Aoi    Review: • High-Strength Superconducting Bulk Magnet over 5 Tesla by Pulse Field Magnetization……H. Fujishiro    Topics: Development of a Non-contact, Non-destructive Jc Measurement System Using a Permanent Magnet……S. Ohshima ◆ Lecture: […]

◆ Guest Comment: Magnetics in Shinshu……K. Yamasawa ◆ Review Articles on New Frontiers of Nanoparticles Objective…..H. Kato    Topics: Synthesis of Solvent-Dispersed L10-FePt Nanoparticles and Their Uniaxial Alignment by an External Magnetic Field……S. Yamamoto, Y. Morimoto, Y. Tamada, M. Takano, and T. Ono    Topics: Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle Assembly and Its Dynamic Magnetic Properties in High-Frequency Range……T. Ogawa, and M. Takahashi    Topics: Ferromagnetism Appearing in Free-Standing Pd Nanoparticles……T. Sato, Y. Oba, and T. Shinohara    Review: The Optical Trapping for Magnetic Micro-particles……H. Furukawa, and S. Hirose ◆ Lecture Antiferromagnetic Materials III Magnetic Properties of Films, Multilayers, Fine Particles, and Clusters of Cr……K. Fukamichi Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics V 5. Basic Concept […]

◆ 2006 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan ◆ Guest Comment: Some Comments on Notes and Memory in the Human Brain……Y. Uchikawa ◆ Review Articles on Magnetic Technologies for Clean Energy Objective…..S. Yabugami    Review: Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural Components of Nuclear Power Plants and Other Installations Using Their Magnetic Properties……H. Kikuchi    Review: Magnetic Refrigeration and Energy Application……H. Nakagome    Review: Development of a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System (SMES)……S. Nagaya    Topics: Fundamentals and Applications of High-Frequency High-Temperature Plasmas for Material Processing……Y. Uesugi, and Y. Tanaka ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Materials III Fine Particle Theory and Perpendicular Recording Media……K. Ouchi ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice […]

◆ Guest Comment: Some Thoughts on the Development of Magnetic Materials……Y. Narumiya ◆ Review Articles on Collaboration of Magnetism and Heat Objective…..R. Sugita    Review: Thermodynamics of Magnetic Cooling and Recent Research and Development of Magnetic Refrigerants……K. Fukamichi, A. Fujita, and S. Fujieda    Review: Review of Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording……H. Motojima, and K. Shiiki    Topics: Thermomagnetic Effect in Thermoelectric Materials……T. Komine, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Nakamura    Topics: Peltier Cooling Effect in CPP-Structure Sub-micron-sized Metallic Junctions……A. Fukushima, H. Kubota, A. Yamamoto, Y. Suzuki, and S. Yuasa ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording III Chapter 3 What is the Main Point in the Design of a Single-Pole-Type Write Head? Part 1……Y. Nakamura Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction […]

◆ Guest Comment: Basic and Applied Magnetism……J. Inoue ◆ Review Articles on Techniques for High Efficient Rotating Machines Objective…..K. Tajima    Topics: Rare-Earth Composite Bonded Magnets with Controlled Anisotropy Directions and Their Application in Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors……F. Yamashita, Y. Okada, M. Ogushi, M. Nakano, and H. Fukunaga    Review: Electrical Steel Sheets and Their Core Technology for High Efficiency in Rotating Machines……C. Kaido    Review: Recent Development Trends in Soft Magnetic Composites and Their Application to Motors……Y. Enomoto    Topics: Estimations of Core Loss and Magnet Eddy Current Loss of Rotating Machines by Electromagnetic Field Analysis……K. Yamazaki ◆ Lecture Antiferromagnetic Materials II Magnetic Properties of Itinerant-electron Antiferromagnetic Cr and Its Dilute Alloys……K. Fukamichi ◆ Notice Board […]

◆ Guest Comment: Thinks Over the Magnetics Society of Japan-Past, Present, and Future-……M. Takahashi ◆ Review Articles on  Objective…..A. Nakaoki    Review: Introduction to Magnetics for Students of Material Science and Engineering……T. Okuda    Review: Technology Crisis in Japan……K. Shiiki    Review: The EleContest: Use of Nd magnets to stimulate creativity in students……M. Abe    Review: Magnetics Education in Companies, Magnetics Education in Universities……T. Kobayashi ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Materials II Background and Inception of Co-Cr Sputtered Thin Film Development……K. Ouchi Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics III 3. Theory of Electric Transport……A. Sakuma ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice President:      N. Ota, K. Kobayashi Director, General Affairs:      K. […]

◆ Guest Comment: Failure or Success -Edison’s Phonograph and Hard Disk Magnetic Media-……I. Nakatani ◆ Review Articles on Useful Magnetism for Environment Objective…..H. N. Fuke    Topics: Magnetic Separation and Water Qualification Using High-Magnetic-Field Superconductive Magnets and Permanent Magnets……Y. Tamaura    Review: Superconducting Flywheel Systems for Energy Storage……N. Koshizuka    Topics: Magnetic Refrigeration near Room Temperature……A. Takahashi-Saito, T. Kobayashi, and H. Tsuji    Review: Hydrogen Magnetic Refrigeration……T. Numazawa ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording II 2. How we made perpendicular magnetic recording possible……Y. Nakamura ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice President:      N. Ota, K. Kobayashi Director, General Affairs:      K. Ando, Y. Hoshi Director, Treasurer:      K. Ohmori, Y. Suzuki Director, Planning:      K. Watanabe, K. Takanashi Director, […]