In the past 30 years, magnetic research has been dominated by the question of how surfaces and interfaces influence the magnetic and transport properties of nanostructures, thin films and multilayers. The research has been particularly important in the magnetic recording industry where the giant magnetoresistance effect led to a new generation of storage devices including hand-held memories such as those found in the ipod. More recently, transfer of spin angular momentum across interfaces has opened a new field for high frequency applications.
This book gives a comprehensive view of research at the forefront of these fields. The frontier is expanding through dynamic exchange between theory and experiment. Contributions have been chosen to reflect this, giving the reader a unified overview of the topic.

Preface1. Growth and Characterization of Magnetic Thin Film and Nanostructures A. O. Adeyeye, G. Shimon2. Element-Specific Probes of Magnetism Claus M. Schneider3. Magnetization DynamicsEric Montoya, Thomas Sebastian, Helmut Schultheiss, Bret Heinrich, Robert E. Camley, Zbigniew Celinski4. Nonlinear Behavior in Metallic Thin Films and Nanostructures Karen Livesey5. Linear Magnetization Dynamics in an Array of Dipolarly Coupled Magnetic Nanodots Roman Verba, Gennadiy Melkov, Vasil Tiberkevich, Andrei Slavin6. Thermal Properties of Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures: Applications to Static and Dynamic Behavior Robert E. Camley7. Spintronic Oscillators Based on Spin-Transfer Torque and Spin-Orbit TorqueMario Carpentieri, Giovanni Finocchio8. Domain Wall Motion in Nanostructures Joao Sampaio, Julie Grollier, Peter J. Metaxas9. Giant Magnetoresistance and Applications Jozef Barnas, Vitalii K. Dugaev 10. Planar Magnetic Devices for Signal Processing in the Microwave and Millimeter Wave Frequency Range Zbigniew Celinski, I. R. Harward, N. R. Anderson, Robert E. CamleyIndex