Modern Trends in Magnetostriction Study and Application

Preface. List of Contributors. First principles determination of magnetostriction in transition metal thin films, alloys and compounds; Ruqian Wu, et al. Magnetostriction of rare-earth based thin films and superlattices; J.I. Arnaudas, et al. Rare-earth transition metal thin films and devices; A. Ludwig, E. Quandt. Magneto-elasticity in amorphous ferromagnets; J.M. Barandiaran. Giant magneto-impedance effect in amorphous wires; H. Chiriac. Magnetostriction in multilayer systems; M.R.J. Gibbs. Magnetostriction in heterogeneous magnetic systems; H. Szymczak, M.R.J. Gibbs. Magnetostriction of superconductors; A. Gerber. Magnetostriction in mixed valent magnetic oxides; M.R. Ibarra, et al. Spectacular magneto-related properties of complex oxides; B. Dabrowski, et al. Magnetostriction and spin-flopping of uniaxially compressed antiferromagnets; V.V. Eremenko, V.A. Sirenko. X-ray studies of magnetostriction; P.F. Pettifer. Local magnetostrictive response using atomic force microscopy; J. Wittborn, et al. Composite magnetostrictive materials for advanced automotive magnetomechanical sensors; R.W. McCallum, et al. Fundamental investigations and industrial applications of magnetostriction; M. Hirscher, T. Reininger. The influence of stress on the magnetic hf-properties of amorphous ferromagnetic thin films; I. Fergen, K. Seemann. Subject index.