Soft Magnetic Materials and Their Applications
A special issue of Magnetism (ISSN 2673-8724).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 11
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Interests: magnetic materials; ferrites; microwave materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Soft magnetic materials have long served as the backbone of modern magnetic technologies, finding widespread use in power electronics, electromagnetic energy conversion, wireless communication, sensors, and high-frequency devices. With the rapid advancement of electrification, miniaturization, and intelligent systems, the performance requirements for soft magnetic materials have grown increasingly stringent, necessitating higher permeability, lower coercivity, reduced core losses, broader frequency operation, and thermal stability.
Emerging application scenarios such as electric vehicles, 5G communication, and high-frequency power conversion demand soft magnetic materials with tailored magnetic properties, high reliability, and compatibility with advanced processing techniques such as thin-film deposition and additive manufacturing. In parallel, the exploration of new material systems—ranging from amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys to oxide-based soft magnets and composite magnetic structures—has opened new avenues for enhancing performance while reducing material costs and environmental impact. Understanding intrinsic magnetic behavior, extrinsic losses, and structure–property relationships is vital to advancing the field and meeting technological needs.
This Special Issue will provide a timely collection of original research and review articles, highlighting the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of soft magnetic materials. Contributions that address fundamental mechanisms, advanced processing techniques, novel material systems, and practical implementations are all welcome. The scope of this Special Issue aligns closely with the journal’s mission to advance materials research with functional and application-oriented significance.
Research topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Fundamental theories of soft magnetism: domain theory, magnetization dynamics, hysteresis, and core loss mechanisms.
- The design and synthesis of soft magnetic alloys, ceramics, and composites.
- The theoretical and computational modeling of magnetic behavior, losses, and permeability.
- Magnetic and structural characterization techniques.
- Low-loss and high-frequency magnetic materials for power electronics and wireless systems.
- Thin film and nanostructured soft magnetic materials for integrated microdevices.
- Magnetic domain behavior and magnetization dynamics.
- The additive manufacturing, sputtering, and novel processing of soft magnetic components.
- Applications in transformers, inductors, energy storage, EMI shielding, and RF/microwave devices.
We invite researchers from both academia and industry to contribute to this Special Issue, and we look forward to your valuable submissions.
Dr. Qifan Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soft magnetic materials
- magnetic alloys
- nanocrystalline alloys
- ferrites
- soft magnetic composites
- magnetization dynamics
- magnetic permeability
- magnetic loss
- electromagnetic devices
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