Volume 26, No. 11CONTENTS

• 2002 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan

Guest Comment:

• Spintronics: Challenges and Opportunities….J. R. Rhee

Reviews:

• Advanced Technology for Magnetic Particle Tapes….N. Abe, K. Ejiri, and K. Hanai
• Study of Magnetic Multilayers and Nanoclusters by Soft X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism with Circularly Polarized Synchrotron Radiation….T. Koide

Topics:

• Recording Performance and Thermal Stability of CoTb/CoCrPt Alloy Composit Perpendicular Media….O. Y. Sakai, S. Takenoiri, K. Enomoto, S. Watanabe, N. Funabashi, and T. Tamaki
• Conversion of Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy into Hydrogen Energy Using Ferrites….Y. Tamaura

Lecture:

• Anticipated Developments of the Instrumentation for the Direct Measurement of Thin Film Magnetostriction….D. Veillard

Contributed Paper:

• Pottery Materials Containing Solid-Phase Synthesized Ferrite from Recycled Raw Materials….H. Kawai, H. Takagi, and Y. Kondo

Notice Board

• Conference Calendar
• Recruitment・Sponsorship\Invitation and Award Message from Committee
• Nominees・Miscellaneous Information
• Symposium & Technical Meeting Report
• Book Review
• Committee Report
• Contributing Membership

Magnetics Society of Japan

• President:Shogo Ueno
• Vice President:Yoshimasa Miura, Hidenori Miyajima
• Director, General Affairs:Terunobu Miyazaki, Akimitsu Morisako
• Director, Treasurer:Isamu Sato, Kiminari Shinagawa
• Director, Planning:Norio Ohta, Hidetoshi Matsuki
• Director, Editing:Kazuhiko Yamada, Migaku Takahashi
• Auditor:Masahiko Kaneko, Kohki Noda