◆ 2006 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan ◆ Guest Comment: Some Comments on Notes and Memory in the Human Brain……Y. Uchikawa ◆ Review Articles on Magnetic Technologies for Clean Energy Objective…..S. Yabugami    Review: Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural Components of Nuclear Power Plants and Other Installations Using Their Magnetic Properties……H. Kikuchi    Review: Magnetic Refrigeration and Energy Application……H. Nakagome    Review: Development of a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System (SMES)……S. Nagaya    Topics: Fundamentals and Applications of High-Frequency High-Temperature Plasmas for Material Processing……Y. Uesugi, and Y. Tanaka ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Materials III Fine Particle Theory and Perpendicular Recording Media……K. Ouchi ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice […]

◆ Guest Comment: Some Thoughts on the Development of Magnetic Materials……Y. Narumiya ◆ Review Articles on Collaboration of Magnetism and Heat Objective…..R. Sugita    Review: Thermodynamics of Magnetic Cooling and Recent Research and Development of Magnetic Refrigerants……K. Fukamichi, A. Fujita, and S. Fujieda    Review: Review of Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording……H. Motojima, and K. Shiiki    Topics: Thermomagnetic Effect in Thermoelectric Materials……T. Komine, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Nakamura    Topics: Peltier Cooling Effect in CPP-Structure Sub-micron-sized Metallic Junctions……A. Fukushima, H. Kubota, A. Yamamoto, Y. Suzuki, and S. Yuasa ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording III Chapter 3 What is the Main Point in the Design of a Single-Pole-Type Write Head? Part 1……Y. Nakamura Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction […]

◆ Guest Comment: Basic and Applied Magnetism……J. Inoue ◆ Review Articles on Techniques for High Efficient Rotating Machines Objective…..K. Tajima    Topics: Rare-Earth Composite Bonded Magnets with Controlled Anisotropy Directions and Their Application in Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors……F. Yamashita, Y. Okada, M. Ogushi, M. Nakano, and H. Fukunaga    Review: Electrical Steel Sheets and Their Core Technology for High Efficiency in Rotating Machines……C. Kaido    Review: Recent Development Trends in Soft Magnetic Composites and Their Application to Motors……Y. Enomoto    Topics: Estimations of Core Loss and Magnet Eddy Current Loss of Rotating Machines by Electromagnetic Field Analysis……K. Yamazaki ◆ Lecture Antiferromagnetic Materials II Magnetic Properties of Itinerant-electron Antiferromagnetic Cr and Its Dilute Alloys……K. Fukamichi ◆ Notice Board […]

◆ Guest Comment: Thinks Over the Magnetics Society of Japan-Past, Present, and Future-……M. Takahashi ◆ Review Articles on  Objective…..A. Nakaoki    Review: Introduction to Magnetics for Students of Material Science and Engineering……T. Okuda    Review: Technology Crisis in Japan……K. Shiiki    Review: The EleContest: Use of Nd magnets to stimulate creativity in students……M. Abe    Review: Magnetics Education in Companies, Magnetics Education in Universities……T. Kobayashi ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Materials II Background and Inception of Co-Cr Sputtered Thin Film Development……K. Ouchi Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics III 3. Theory of Electric Transport……A. Sakuma ◆ Notice Board Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan President:      H. Miyajima Vice President:      N. Ota, K. Kobayashi Director, General Affairs:      K. […]

◆ Guest Comment: Failure or Success -Edison’s Phonograph and Hard Disk Magnetic Media-……I. Nakatani ◆ Review Articles on Useful Magnetism for Environment Objective…..H. N. Fuke    Topics: Magnetic Separation and Water Qualification Using High-Magnetic-Field Superconductive Magnets and Permanent Magnets……Y. Tamaura    Review: Superconducting Flywheel Systems for Energy Storage……N. Koshizuka    Topics: Magnetic Refrigeration near Room Temperature……A. Takahashi-Saito, T. Kobayashi, and H. Tsuji    Review: Hydrogen Magnetic Refrigeration……T. Numazawa ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording II 2. How we made perpendicular magnetic recording possible……Y. Nakamura ◆ Notice Board 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, […]

◆ Guest Comment: Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetic Data Storage……Tow C. Chong ◆ Review Articles on Advanced Magnetic Materials Based on Electromagnetic Field Interaction Objective…..H. Saito    Review: Theory of Multiferroics: A First-Principles Approach……T. Oguchi    Review: Ferroelectricity Induced by Magnetic Order……T. Kimura    Review: Photonic Crystals and Magnetism……M. Inoue    Review: Magnetism and Artificial Metamaterials……A. Sanada ◆ Lecture Antiferromagnetic Materials I Outline of Antiferromagnetism and Exchange Interactions……K. Fukamichi Basic Concepts of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics II 2. Spin-Dependent Scattering Due to Magnetic Impurities in Non-magnetic Metals……A. Sakuma ◆ Notice Board 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, […]

◆ Guest Comment: Some Comments on the Renewal of Universities……Y. Yamazaki ◆ Review Articles on Puttina Mobility into Information by Means of Magnetic Technology Objective…..N. Masuds    Review: Ubiquitous Personal Server with Small Size HDD……Y. Nakamura    Topics: The Miniaturization of a 2 GHz Band Antenna for a Handset Utilizing Magnetic MaterialscA. Matsuzaki, and H. Morishita……A. Matsuzaki, and H. Morishita    Topics: Fabrication of On-Chip Passive Devices by the Use of Wafer-Level Packaging Technology……K. Itoi, M. Sato, H. Abe, T. Aizawa, K. Okada, K. Masu, and T. Ito    Topics: Development of a Micro DC-DC Converter for Portable Electronic Equipment……M. Edo, T. Kawashima, S. Sugawara, Z. Hayashi, I. Sano, and H. Nishio ◆ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording […]

♦ Guest Comment: History of HDD Technologies and Market……R. Suzuki ♦ Review Articles on a Spin-Photon Interaction and Its Application to Devices Objective…..N. Adachi    Review: Atmosphere of Society……T. Shinjo    Review: Education and Research in Borderless Ages……K. Sato    Review: Permanent Magnets and The Magnetics Society of Japan……T. Iriyama ♦ Lecture Perpendicular Magnetic Recording I 1. Why we began research on perpendicular magnetic recording……Y. Nakamuara Basic of Magnetism and Introduction to Spinelectronics I 1. Electron Spin and Magnetic Moment……A. Sakuma ♦ Notice Board 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 […]

♦ Guest Comment: Invitation to the Applied Magnetics……I. Sasada ♦ Review Articles on a Spin-Photon Interaction and Its Application to Devices Objective…..E. Miyashita    Review: Control of Magnetization by Means of Optical Charge/Spin Injections……H. Munekata, and A. Oiwa    Review: Study of Magnetic Materials Using Soft X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism……T. Nakamura    Review: Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Application to Power Distribution Equipment……M. Takahashi, K. Sasaki, A. Ohno, G. Kuwahara, and S. Kida ♦ Lecture Stories Written by Those Who Have Realized Their Desire to Know the Facts in Physics Story 6: Educational Materials related to a GHz-Band Field Intensity Meters: Measurement of an Electromagnetic Field with a Simple Handmade Receiver Device and the Directional Characteristics […]

♦ Preface……H. Miyajima ♦ Guest Comment: Contemporary University Students and the University Education……J. Akimitsu ♦ Review Articles on Latest Applied Magnetic Technology in Medical Treatment Objective…..S. Yamada, T. Kato, H. Saito, and T. Mitsuzuka    Review: New Horizons in Biomagnetics and Bioimaging……S. Ueno, and M. Sekino    Review: Recent Advances in the tracer for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging……K. Nakamura, Y. Kondoh, A. Wakai, J. Kershaw, and I. Kanno    Topics: Study of Magnetic Micromachines for Medical Applications……K. I. Arai, and K. Ishiyama    Topics: New Trends in Hyperthermia Technology……H. Matsuki ♦ Lecture Environmental Magnetic Noise and Magnetic Shielding VI Zero Magnetic Field of the Spacecraft Test Facility……K. Yamazaki, K. Kobayashi, and Y. Hyakusoku ♦ […]