Latest Advances in Magnetic Materials and Device Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fabrication of novel magnetic films; heusler alloy; spin-orbitronics; topological materials; magnetoresistive random access memory
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Magnetic materials and their applications in a range of devices play pivotal roles in next-generation electronics, energy-efficient computing, advanced sensing systems, and emerging quantum and neuromorphic technologies. Driven by rapid advances in high-performance spintronic materials, magnetic heterostructures, topological magnets, and nanoscale fabrication techniques, the field is experiencing transformative breakthroughs that enable low-power memory, ultrafast magnetization switching, high-sensitivity detection, and robust operation under extreme environmental conditions.
Consequently, this Special Issue aims to showcase these exciting developments by providing a platform that fosters the dissemination of cutting-edge research spanning materials research, physics, device design and manufacture, and system-level applications. We welcome submissions on novel magnetic materials—including Heusler alloys, 2D and van der Waals magnets, oxide-based magnetic materials, Weyl/Dirac systems—as well as advances in thin-film growth, structural and magnetic characterization, magnetization dynamics, spin–orbit-coupled phenomena, magnetic tunnel junctions, MRAM technologies, and integrated spin–charge devices. Application-oriented studies in memory, logic, sensing, RF, biomedicine, and aerospace systems are also encouraged. Both original research articles and comprehensive reviews are invited.
We hope this collection will serve as an interdisciplinary forum for materials scientists, device engineers, and applied physicists, fostering new insights and accelerating the technological progress and real-world impact of magnetic materials research.
Dr. Lizhu Ren
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- magnetic materials
- spintronics
- magnetic heterostructures
- magnetic dynamics
- magnetic tunnel junctions
- MRAM devices
- novel magnetic materials
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