Programme

Symposium D is addressed to all scientists who do not only focus on the use of the electric charge of the electron but are also interested in the spin degree of freedom. This is of particular importance today as the conventional silicon-based electronics is now facing barriers of fundamental nature that impede further miniaturisation. In view of the ongoing research into new materials for application in magnetoelectronis, Symposium D is expected to bring together scientists who are active in this modern and exciting field of science and provide an opportunity to present recent developments and outline future research areas in the electronic and magnetic properties of a vast class of materials and nanomagnetic systems such as thin films, multilayers, intermetallic compounds, granular composites, fine-particle and molecular systems (including carbon and other nanotubes) and quantum dots. Therefore, Sympo­sium D is a multidisciplinary meeting, addressed to scientists interested in the development of spin elec­tronics from electrical engineering, materials sciences, solid state chemistry and physics, both theoretical and experimental.

Theoretical and experimental works to be presented at Symposium D should focus on the magnetic and transport phenomena in nanoscale structures and on heterostructures containing ferromag­netic species. There will be also place to discuss physical phenomena connected with magnetic nanocontacts, materials showing GMR (giant magnetoresistance) or CMR (colossal mag­netoresistance), structures with TMR (tunnel magnetoresistance), spin injection and current-induced switching of magnetization and micro­scopic methods for characterization of magnetic nanos­tructures and their dynamics.

The symposium shall take a form of a discussion following of invited lectures, oral communications and poster presentations covering the following topics:

  • spin-dependent phenomena in nanostructured and layered systems,
  • new magnetic materials: magnetic semiconductors, magnetic insulators, half-metals, and intermetallic compounds showing magnetoresistance effects,
  • devices and device design for magnetoelectronics.

Scientific Committee:

K. Baberschke, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
J. Barnaś, Institute of Physics UAM and Institute of Molecular Physics PAN, Poznań, Poland
J.-M. Broto, Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Pulsés, Toulouse, France
B. Bułka, Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Poznań, Poland
A. Fert, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES, Orsay, France
H. Lachowicz, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
I. Mertig, Fachbereich Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
K.H. Müller, Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany
R.L. Stamps, School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
F. Stobiecki, Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań

Invited key-note lecture:

A. Fert, "Spin transport in semiconductors between a magnetic source and a drain"
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES, Orsay, France

Invited lectures:

J. Barnaś,"From Giant magnetoresistance to current-induced magnetic switching and excitations in magnetic structures"
Institute of Physics UAM and Institute of Molecular Physics PAS, Poznań, Poland
V.K. Dugaev, "Current-induced spin torque and the domain wall dynamics in magnetic nanowires"
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chernovtsy, Ukraine
C. Felser, "Properties of Co 2YZ Heusler compounds"
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Mainz, Germany
R. Ferreira, "Magnetoelectronic devices: heads, memories and sensors"
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Microsistemas & Nanotecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
A. Hütten, "Spin-injection devices with half-metallic Heusler alloys"
Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Germany
A. Mycielski, "Applications of the II-VI semimagnetic semiconductors"
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Ulrich K. Rößler, "Magnetic structures and magnetization processes in layered systems with antiferromagnetic couplings"
Institut fuer Metallische Werkstoffe, IFW, Dresden, Germany

Organisers

  • Bogdan Idzikowski, Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  • Ulrich K. Rößler, Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • Michel Goiran, Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Pulsés, Toulouse, France
  • Witold Dobrowolski, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Proceedings

The proceedings of the Symposium D will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. We will accept only one manuscript submission for each presenting author. All manuscripts will be reviewed according to the standards of the Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
The Editors will take care that each paper accepted for publication represents original work that has not been published previously. Instructions for authors are available at:

http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=522468&Precis=DESC

Please strictly obey the rules given in "Guide for Authors" on this www page. All articles should be submitted electronically to the selected Symposium Organizers ( Bogdan Idzikowski [email protected], Michael Goiran [email protected]) or our senior Guest Editor Professor Wojciech Suski ( [email protected]) before August 1, 2005 .

The length of invited and contributed papers should be 5 and 3 journal printed pages, respectively. Note that 3 double-spaced A4 page in the manuscript, including references, tables and figures (in the 1:1 printing scale), are approximately 1 final journal page. During the symposium referee reports will be delivered to the corresponding authors. Final version of the manuscripts must be submitted by end of September 2005.

Contact

Web site address is: http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2005/D.html

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