Volume 1, No. 12 CONTENTS

◆ 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 of Spin-Currents (1)……A. Sakuma

◆ Notice Board

◆ Contents of Volume

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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