◆ Guest Comment Rare Earth Magnets Forever…..M. Hamano ◆ Review Articles on Future Technologies for Spin Devices with Ultra Low Power Consumption Objective…..T. Nozaki    Topics: Spin Control by Applying an Electric Field……Y. Shiota, T. Nozaki, and Y. Suzuki    Topics: Seebeck Spin Tunneling and Thermal Spin Current into Silicon……R. Jansen    Topics: Thermal and Acoustic Generation of Spin Currents……K. Uchida, and E. Saitoh    Topics: Spin Properties of Topological Insulators and Future Applications……A. Kimura ◆ Lecture: Basic and Applications of Spinelectronics I 1. Materials and Devices for Giant Magnetoresistance……K. Inomata ◆ Lecture: Ultra-Primer: Welcome to Land of Magnetics Chapter 6. Introduction to SpintronicsK…….K. Sato ◆ New Technologies and New Products: Toshiba Hybrid Drive with Large Capacity and High-Speed […]

◆ 2012 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan ◆ Guest Comment Taking Better Advantage of Senior Researchers’ Capabilities…..S. Yoshida ◆ Review Articles on Elements Strategy and Magnetic Materials Objective…..D. Masaaki    Review: An Overview of the Current Situations of the Rare Metals and Rare Earths……M. Sekimoto    Review: Permanenet Magnet Materials in View of Elements Strategy ……K. Hono, and S. Hirosawa    Topics: Discovery of a New Superconductor by Electrostatic Charge Carrier Doping……K. Ueno    Topics: Development of Functional Magnetic Materials Free of Platinum Group Elements with Controlled Interfaces ……E. Kita, H. Yanagihara, K. Mibu, T. Niizeki, and J. Inoue ◆ Lecture: Ultra-Primer: Welcome to Land of Magnetics Chapter 5. How to make use of the […]

◆ Guest Comment Signal Processing for Read/Wright Channel of Hard Disk Drive…..S. Mita ◆ Review Articles on Recent Progress in the Study of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Using High-Pressure Techniques Objective…..H. Itoh    Review: Effect of Pressure on the Magnetic Properties and Technicality of High Pressure Apparatus……K. Matsubayashi, M. Hedo, and Y. Uwatoko    Topics: Magnetic Structural Analysis of Iron-Related Materials at Ultrahigh Pressures Using an 57Fe Synchrotron Radiation Mössbauer Source and a Diamond Anvil Cell……T. Mitsui    Topics: Pressure Loading of Alkali Metal into Nanopore of Zeolite Crystals and Exotic Magnetism……T. Nakano, Nguyen Hoang Nam, S. Araki, T. Kagayama, and Y. Nozue    Topics: High Pressures and Heavy Fermion Systems: Magnetism and Superconductivity……K. Miyake ◆ Lecture: […]

◆ Guest Comment “Being deeply fascinated by competition and correlation between localized and itinerant electrons”…..H. Asano ◆ Review Articles on Cells and Microbes and Magnetic Technologies Objective…..S. Yabukami    Review: Magnetic Nanoparticles Synthesized in Microorganisms: Analysis of Formation Mechanism and Bioapplications……A. Arakaki, M. Oda, and T. Matsunaga    Review: Magnetic Orientation of Living Cells and Highly Sensitive Magnetic Response Mechanisms……M. Iwasaka, Y. Mizukawa, and Y. Miyashita    Topics: Environmental Cleanup Using Microorganisms and Magnetism……K. Kakii    Topics: Development of an Assay System Using Fish Scales and Its Application to the Study of Bone Metabolism …… N. Suzuki, H. Funahashi, K. Kou, M. Kakikawa, S. Yamada, N. Hirota, K. Kitamura, N. Shimizu, K. Hayakawa, H. Mishima, M. […]

◆ Guest Comment The History of HDD Business at Hitachi and I ̶The First-Hand Experience of “The Innovator’s Dilemma”…..F. Kugiya ◆ Review Articles on Forefront of Magnetic Thin Film Study II ―High Functionality of Oxide Magnetic Thin Film― Objective…..S. Yoshimura    Topics: Antiparallel Exchange Coupling at Interface of Fe3O4/Fe(001)……H. Yanagihara, E. Kita, S. Honda, K. Mibu, H. Itoh, and J. Inoue    Topics: Interface Magnetic Anisotropy in Ferromagnetic Metal/Antiferromagnetic Cr-Oxide Thin Film……Y. Shiratsuchi and R. Nakatani    Topics: Fabrication and Properties of Multiferroic Oxides̶BiFeO3and Layered Structure̶……W. Sakamoto and H. Asano ◆ Lecture: Ultra-Primer: Welcome to Land of Magnetics Chapter 2 What Does It Occur by Reducing Size of a Magnet?……K. Sato    Lecture: Experience in the Research […]

◆ Guest Comment Retirement-Having Time on My Hands Keeps My Eyes Open…..M. Takahashi ◆ Review Articles on MSJ Awards Objective…..Y. Endo    Review: Development of Read/Write Channel Technologies for Hard Disk Drives……H. Aoi    Review: Irreversible Flux Loss and Its Estimation in Nd-Fe-B-Based Magnets -For Improving Reliability of Magnetic Devices Using Nd-Fe-B Magnets-……H. Fukunaga    Review: Spin-Torque Diode Effect and High-Frequency Spintronics……Y. Suzuki, H. Kubota, A. Tulapurkar ◆ Lecture: Ultra-Primer: Welcome to Land of Magnetics Chapter 1 Magnetic Materials in Daily Life……K. Sato ◆ Notice Board   Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Matsuki Vice President:      E. Kita, K. Fukuda Director, General Affairs:      F. Kirino, R. Sugita Director, Treasurer:      Y. Otani, S. Matsunuma Director, Planning:      R. Nakatani, S. […]

◆ Guest Comment Beginnings of Nd-Fe-B Sintered Magnet and My Engineer Life…..N. Ishigaki ◆ Review Articles on Forefront of Magnetic Thin Film Study I ―Fablication of Thin Film Magnetic Alloy― Objective…..T. Ichihara    Topics: Fabrication Process and Control of Nanostructures for Granular Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media-Breakthrough in HD Media by Low-Gas-Pressure Process……S. Saito, and M. Takahashi    Topics: Development of Wet Processes for Magnetic Recording Devices……T. Osaka, T. Yokoshima, and A. Sugiyama    Topics: Development of Perpendicularly Magnetized Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Large-Scale Spin-RAM Applications……K. Yakushiji, H. Kubota, A. Fukushima, T. Saruya, S. Yuasa, and K. Ando    Topics: FeCoB Films with High In-Plane Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy Field Prepared Using Oblique Incidence of Sputtered Particles……S. Nakagawa […]

◆ 2011 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan ◆ Guest Comment Breakthrough of CoFeB…..M. Jimbo ◆ Review Articles Magnetic Visualization of Nanometer Scale Structures Objective…..J. Ariake    Review: Development and Application of Low Energy Electron Microscopy with High Brightness, High Spin-Polarization, and Long Lifetime…..T. Koshikawa, T. Nakanishi, and Y. Takeda    Topics: Observation of Magnetic Domains of Nd-Fe-B Magnets with MFM…..T. Yamaoka    Topics: Characterization of Microstructures in Strongly Correlated Electron Materials Using Lorentz Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy in Transmission Electron Microscopy…..K. Kimoto, and T. Nagai    Review: STM Opens Up New Spintronics Devices…..T. K. Yamada ◆ Lecture: Basis and Applications of Spinelectronics VI 6. Future Spinelectronics Devices…..K. Inomata ◆ New Technologies and New Products: […]

◆ Guest Comment Magnetics-LSI Collaboration…..T. Sakurai ◆ Review Articles on Recent Topics of Research on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Using Synchrotron Radiation Objective…..A. Tsukamoto    Review: Synchrotron Radiation Techniques: Extension to Magnetism Research…..T. Yokoyama    Topics: Magnetic Domain Structure and Metallographic Structure of Iron Meteorite Probed by Photoemission Electron Microscopy…..M. Kotsugi, and C. Mitsumata    Topics: Spin Dynamics in Micron-sized Magnetic Elements Using Time-resolved XMCD-PEEM…..K. Fukumoto, and T. Kinoshita    Topics: Three-Dimensional Magnetic Analysis of Thin Films -Development of a Three-Dimensional Micro XMCD Technique-…..K. Amemiya    Topics: New Frontier for Studying Magnetism by Magnetic Compton Scattering -Study of Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy Films-…..H. Sakurai, M. Itou, and A. Agui ◆ Lecture: Basis and Applications of Spinelectronics V 5. Applications […]

◆ Inaugural Address ……H. Matsuki ◆ Guest Comment Researches in a Local University -A Little Body Often Harbors a Great Soul-……H. Fukunaga ◆ Review Articles on New Advances of Brain Science -Brain Machine Interface Technology opens a New World- Objective…..K. Iramina    Review: Current Status of Brain-Machine Interface and Its Future……M. Sato    Review: Neuroimaging Techniques for Brain-Machine Interface……K. Kansaku    Topics: Invasive Brain-Machine Interface Technique -Neural Interface……O. Fukayama and K. Mabuchi    Topics: Five-Finger Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand System……T. Nakamura, R. Kato, S. Morishita, and H. Yokoi ◆ Lecture: Basis and Applications of Spinelectronics IV 4. Half-metals and Their Application to Magnetic Tunnel Junctions……K. Inomata ◆ Notice Board   Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Matsuki […]