Surender Kumar Sharma, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Physics and Group Leader and Coordinator of the Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) in São Luis, Brazil. Dr. Sharma has obtained his PhD degree in July 2007 from H. P. University, Shimla India. He has previously worked several years in research/academic positions in Brazil, France, Czech Republic, India, Mexico, focusing on the area of nanomagnetism and functional nanomaterials. At present he is an active member of post-graduate research program at UFMA and actively involved in research, teaching and supervising research students at UG/PG levels. He has been awarded FAPEMA Senior Researcher grants and to date has published more than fifty peer-reviewed articles and has attended numerous international conferences.

• 1 The Basis of Nanomagnetism: An Overview of ExchangeBias and Spring Magnets Navadeep Shrivastava, Sarveena, M. Singh, and S. K. Sharma2 Exchange-Coupled Bimagnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticlesfor Enhancing the Effective Magnetic Anisotropy Gabriel C. Lavorato, Elin L. Winkler, Enio Lima Jr., and Roberto D. Zysler3 Exchange Bias in Dilute Magnetic Alloys Per Nordblad, Matthias Hudl, and Roland Mathieu4 Structural Complexity in Exchange-Coupled Core–ShellNanoparticles Xiao-Min Lin, Quy Khac Ong, and Alexander Wei5 Exchange-Bias Effect in Manganite Nanostructures A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich6 Monte Carlo Study of the Exchange Bias Effects inMagnetic Nanoparticles with Core–Shell Morphology M. Vasilakaki, G. Margaris, E. Eftaxias, and K. N. Trohidou7 All-Electric Spintronics through Surface/Interface EffectsWen-Yi Tong and Chun-Gang Duan8 Understanding of Exchange Bias in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers M. Pankratova, A. Kovalev, and M. Žukovič9 Exchange Bias in Core–Shell Nanowires and Nanotubes Mariana P. Proenca and Joao Ventura10 Exchange-Bias Effect in Bulk Perovskite Manganites A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich11 Exchange Bias in Bulk Heusler Systems Jyoti Sharma and K. G. Suresh

Surender Kumar Sharma, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Physics and Group Leader and Coordinator of the Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) in São Luis, Brazil. Dr. Sharma has obtained his PhD degree in July 2007 from H. P. University, Shimla India. He has previously worked several years in research/academic positions in Brazil, France, Czech Republic, India, Mexico, focusing on the area of nanomagnetism and functional nanomaterials. At present he is an active member of post-graduate research program at UFMA and actively involved in research, teaching and supervising research students at UG/PG levels. He has been awarded FAPEMA Senior Researcher grants and to date has published more than fifty peer-reviewed articles and has attended numerous international conferences.

• 1 The Basis of Nanomagnetism: An Overview of ExchangeBias and Spring Magnets Navadeep Shrivastava, Sarveena, M. Singh, and S. K. Sharma2 Exchange-Coupled Bimagnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticlesfor Enhancing the Effective Magnetic Anisotropy Gabriel C. Lavorato, Elin L. Winkler, Enio Lima Jr., and Roberto D. Zysler3 Exchange Bias in Dilute Magnetic Alloys Per Nordblad, Matthias Hudl, and Roland Mathieu4 Structural Complexity in Exchange-Coupled Core–ShellNanoparticles Xiao-Min Lin, Quy Khac Ong, and Alexander Wei5 Exchange-Bias Effect in Manganite Nanostructures A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich6 Monte Carlo Study of the Exchange Bias Effects inMagnetic Nanoparticles with Core–Shell Morphology M. Vasilakaki, G. Margaris, E. Eftaxias, and K. N. Trohidou7 All-Electric Spintronics through Surface/Interface EffectsWen-Yi Tong and Chun-Gang Duan8 Understanding of Exchange Bias in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers M. Pankratova, A. Kovalev, and M. Žukovič9 Exchange Bias in Core–Shell Nanowires and Nanotubes Mariana P. Proenca and Joao Ventura10 Exchange-Bias Effect in Bulk Perovskite Manganites A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich11 Exchange Bias in Bulk Heusler Systems Jyoti Sharma and K. G. Suresh

Surender Kumar Sharma, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Physics and Group Leader and Coordinator of the Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) in São Luis, Brazil. Dr. Sharma has obtained his PhD degree in July 2007 from H. P. University, Shimla India. He has previously worked several years in research/academic positions in Brazil, France, Czech Republic, India, Mexico, focusing on the area of nanomagnetism and functional nanomaterials. At present he is an active member of post-graduate research program at UFMA and actively involved in research, teaching and supervising research students at UG/PG levels. He has been awarded FAPEMA Senior Researcher grants and to date has published more than fifty peer-reviewed articles and has attended numerous international conferences.

• 1 The Basis of Nanomagnetism: An Overview of ExchangeBias and Spring Magnets Navadeep Shrivastava, Sarveena, M. Singh, and S. K. Sharma2 Exchange-Coupled Bimagnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticlesfor Enhancing the Effective Magnetic Anisotropy Gabriel C. Lavorato, Elin L. Winkler, Enio Lima Jr., and Roberto D. Zysler3 Exchange Bias in Dilute Magnetic Alloys Per Nordblad, Matthias Hudl, and Roland Mathieu4 Structural Complexity in Exchange-Coupled Core–ShellNanoparticles Xiao-Min Lin, Quy Khac Ong, and Alexander Wei5 Exchange-Bias Effect in Manganite Nanostructures A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich6 Monte Carlo Study of the Exchange Bias Effects inMagnetic Nanoparticles with Core–Shell Morphology M. Vasilakaki, G. Margaris, E. Eftaxias, and K. N. Trohidou7 All-Electric Spintronics through Surface/Interface EffectsWen-Yi Tong and Chun-Gang Duan8 Understanding of Exchange Bias in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers M. Pankratova, A. Kovalev, and M. Žukovič9 Exchange Bias in Core–Shell Nanowires and Nanotubes Mariana P. Proenca and Joao Ventura10 Exchange-Bias Effect in Bulk Perovskite Manganites A. Wisniewski, I. Fita, R. Puzniak, and V. Markovich11 Exchange Bias in Bulk Heusler Systems Jyoti Sharma and K. G. Suresh