Current Trends in Nanoscale Magnetism

Dear Colleagues,

Nanomagnetism is an ever-expanding field that has witnessed great scientific advancement over the past two decades. The synthesis of novel magnetic nanomaterials, the exploration of associated magnetic phenomena, and the characterization techniques and applications in diverse areas of nanotechnology continue to make important new inroads.

For this Special Issue, both new scientific contributions and review articles are being solicited on the synthesis, characterization, and application of 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D magnetic nanostructures. The ability to characterize their static and dynamic magnetic properties, on a wide range of timescales, is fundamental to understanding the underlying physics responsible for their behavior. Novel behavior arises from the surface and interface effects of non-collinear spin structures because of spatial confinement, the spin coupling of different magnetic phases across phase boundaries, interparticle interactions, and tunable magnetoresistive and superparamagnetic properties. Magnetophoretic technologies in the bio-medical field have tremendously advanced biomolecule and cell separation methodologies, magnetically-guided drug delivery, gene delivery, and transfection. Within the magnetophoretic platform, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION) carriers have been developed as bifunctional agents for disease diagnosis and therapy.

Full articles, communications, and reviews on these and related areas exploring the fundamental physics and applications of nanomagnetism will be considered.

Prof. Dr. Georgia C. Papaefthymiou
Guest Editor

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