Design and Application of Magnetic Materials

A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 970

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College of Physics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Interests: magnetism and magnetic materials; semiconductor materials, process, and devices
School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: 2D ferromagents; quantum transports; spintronics; nanoelectronics; sliding ferroelectrics
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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, entitled “Design and Application of Magnetic Materials”. Magnetic materials are important inorganic functional materials whose properties can be tailored through composition, structure, defects, interfaces and processing. Moreover, they underpin technologies such as electric machines, energy conversion, sensing, information storage, biomedicine, and aerospace devices.

This Special Issue aims to provide a forum for recent advances in the design, synthesis, characterization, modelling, and application of magnetic materials. The subject fits well with Inorganics, which covers the synthesis, characterization, magnetic/physical properties and applications of inorganic compounds, complexes, and materials. Contributions revealing structure–property relationships and strategies for improving magnetic performance, stability, and functionality are encouraged.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to: permanent and soft magnetic materials; ferrites, Heusler alloys and magnetic oxides; molecular and coordination-based magnets; magnetic nanoparticles, thin films and composites; magnetic anisotropy, coercivity, domain evolution and exchange coupling; magnetocaloric and magneto-transport effects; irradiation or thermal stability; computational materials design; and applications in energy, electronics, sensing, and biomedicine.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Liang Zha
Dr. Jie Yang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • magnetic materials
  • permanent magnets
  • soft magnetic materials
  • magnetic nanoparticles
  • magnetic thin films
  • magnetocaloric materials
  • spintronics
  • magnetic anisotropy
  • micromagnetic simulations

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Thickness-Dependent Magnetic Properties and Domain Evolution in Fe3GaTe2 Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
by Liang Zha, Xutao Sun, Wuyang Tan, Yafen Yang, Jinyuan Wu, Shuxiang Wu, Zhongchong Lin, Shaohua Fan, Wenbin You, Wenyun Yang, Ping Liu, Jinbo Yang and Renchao Che
Inorganics 2026, 14(7), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics14070179 - 3 Jul 2026
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We demonstrate the molecular beam epitaxy growth of two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 films with precisely controlled thicknesses down to a single unit cell. Magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy measurements reveal robust room-temperature ferromagnetism with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy persisting across [...] Read more.
We demonstrate the molecular beam epitaxy growth of two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 films with precisely controlled thicknesses down to a single unit cell. Magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy measurements reveal robust room-temperature ferromagnetism with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy persisting across all thicknesses, including finite coercivity in monolayer films. The magnetic domain structures show strong thickness dependence: ultrathin films exhibit near-single-domain states without resolved domain nucleation or domain wall propagation, while thicker films develop complex multi-domain configurations featuring bubble-like domains. These findings underscore the pivotal role of dimensional confinement in modulating the magnetic properties of Fe3GaTe2 and provide critical insights into thickness-dependent phenomena in two-dimensional magnets, advancing their prospects for room-temperature spintronic applications. Full article
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