Springer Ferrites and Multiferroics: Fundamentals to Applications (Engineering Materials)

This book highlights the fundamentals of ferrites and multiferroic materials with special attention to their structure, types, and properties. It presents a comprehensive survey about ferrite and multiferroic materials, in areas significant to research and development in academia as well as in industry. The book discusses various types of methods applied for their synthesis and characterizations. This book is concerned with the fascinating class of materials with the promise for wide-ranging applications, including electromagnets, magnetic fluid hyperthermia, antenna applications, memory devices, switching circuits, bio-medical applications, actuators, magnetic field sensors and water purification, etc. From the Back Cover This book highlights the fundamentals of ferrites and multiferroic materials with special attention to their structure, types, and properties. It presents a comprehensive survey about ferrite and multiferroic materials, in areas significant to research and development in academia as well as in industry. The book discusses various types of methods applied for their synthesis and characterizations. This book is concerned with the fascinating class of materials with the promise for wide-ranging applications, including electromagnets, magnetic fluid hyperthermia, antenna applications, memory devices, switching circuits, bio-medical applications, actuators, magnetic field sensors and water purification, etc. About the Author Dr. Gagan Kumar Bhargava is currently working as an Professor at the Department of Physics, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. His current research interests are synthesis of nanomaterials for antenna, EMI shielding, electromagnet and bio-medical applications. He has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience. Before joining the Chandigarh University, he was the Head of the Applied Science Department at Green Hills Group of Institutes, Solan, India and also served as an Associate Professor at IEC University, Solan, India. He has published more than 50 research papers in different peer-reviewed international journals and 6 book chapters. He has guided 2 Ph.D’s, 1 M.Phil and 12 M.Sc. dissertations. He was the former Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Nanosciences and acted as Editor for American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings in 2018 for AMDFA-2018. Dr. Sumit Bhardwaj is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India. He has obtained his M.Tech. degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Thapar University, India and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India. His current research interests are in the field of ferrite, multiferroic and composite materials. He has more than 12 years of research and teaching experience. Before joining to Chandigarh University, he has worked at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, India. He has published more than 23 research papers in different peer-reviewed international journals and 3 book chapters. He has supervised two M.Tech. dissertations, and currently he is supervising three Ph.D. students.  Dr. Mahavir Singh is a Professor at the Department of Physics and Dean Physical Science Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience.He remains head of the department during 2007-2009, 2015 and Dean Engineering Himachal Pradesh University 2017-2018. He was Common Wealth Fellow, UK (2006-2007), Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, University of Dundee, UK (2006-2007), Visiting Professor at, Faculty of Engineering University De Bretagne Occidentale, Brest France (2007-2008) and Vice Chancellor at IEC University, Solan, India