Modern Magnetic and Spintronic Materials

Dr. Andreas Kaidatzis, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece e-mail: a.kaidatzis@inn.demokritos.gr Dr. Kaidatzis holds a first degree in Physics (2003) and a postgraduate degree in Materials Physics (2005), obtained from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and a doctoral degree in Solid State Physics obtained from the University of Paris 11 (2008) as a Marie-Curie Fellow. He has worked as postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Microelectronics of NCSR Demokritos (2010-2011) and at the Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (2011-2013) in the framework of an Individual Marie-Curie Fellowship. His work was focused on the study of magnetic thin films and nanostructures using magnetic force microscopy. Since May 2013 he is working as a Research Associate at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of NCSR Demokritos, studying magnetic and spintronic materials formemories, data recording, sensors, and permanent magnets applications. Dr. Kaidatzis has participated in several international research projects, granted from the European Commission, the Spanish research council (CSIC), and the Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology. He has published his work in 18 peer-reviewed journals and presented more than 50 abstracts in national and international conferences. Prof. Dr. Serhii Sidorenko, Metals Physics Department, National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine e-mail: sidorenko@kpi.ua Prof. Dr. Sidorenko graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (1971). In 1987 he defended his doctoral thesis. Research activities of Prof. Sidorenko are linked with advanced technologies on the basis of theoretical and experimental investigations of diffusion processes, phase formation and other phenomena in different metallic materials. He authored over 300 papers in area of physical materials science. Under his leadership, 24 PhD theses were defended. Dr. Igor Vladymyrskyi, Metals Physics Department, National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine e-mail: vladymyrskyi@kpm.kpi.ua Dr. Vladymyrskyi is an Associate Professor of Metals Physics Department of National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He received his PhD degree from the same University in 2014. Research interests of Dr. Vladymyrskyi focus on structural phase transitions in nanoscale metallic layered thin films, diffusion and diffusion-controlled phenomena in these materials, their structural, magnetic and electrical properties. Recent works are devoted to thermally-induced diffusion formation of ferromagnetic L10 ordered thin films e.g. L10-FePt, L10-FePd, L10-MnAl promising materials for applications as magnetic recording medium with ultrahigh recording density or ferromagnetic electrodes of spintronic devices with an excellent functionality. Dr. Vladymyrskyi has coauthored about 30 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He is a co-leader of a joint with Augsburg University (Germany) project Cold homogenization of Fe/Pt based layered thin films induced by diffusion processes funded by German Research Foundation (DFG). Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Niarchos, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece e-mail. d.niarchos@inn.demokritos.gr Prof. Dr. Niarchos obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics-Materials Science from National Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece in 1972 and 1980 respectively. He holds also an MBA of R&D from Loyola University in 1985. From 1978 to 1981 he was IAEC Distinguish Post-Doctoral Researcher at Argonne National Lab and from 1981 to 1985he was Assistant Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. He then moved to

Chapter 1: Detection of microwave and terahertz-frequency signals in spintronic nanostructures.-Chapter 2: Microwave characterization of Y3Fe5O12 ferrite under a dc-magnetic field.- Chapter 3: Nanopatterned thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy structure and magnetism.- Chapter 4: L10 ordered thin films for spintronic and permanent magnet applications.- Chapter 5: Effect of Au layers on A1L10 phase transition and magnetic properties of FePt thin films.- Chapter 6: New applications of spin-crossover complexes: microwave absorption, chirooptical switching and enantioselective detection.- Chapter 7: Grain boundary diffusion dominated mixing and solid state reactions in magnetic thin films.