Grupo de Magnetismo y Materiales Magnéticos. Universidad del País Vasco.

Recursos humanos

• Profesores: José Manuel Barandiarán (Director grupo), Mª Luisa Fdez-Gubieda, Alfredo García Arribas, Jon Gutiérrez y Ana García.
• Investigadores permanentes: Galina Kurlyandskaya y Volodymyr A. Chernenko (Ikerbasque).
• Investigadores contratados / Becarios: Patricia Lázpita (doctor), Javier Alonso (doctor), Andrey Svalov (doctor), Pablo Alvarez Alonso (doctor), Eduardo Fernández (pre-doc), Iván Rodríguez Aseguinolaza (pre-doc), Andoni Las Heras (pre-doc) y Ane Barrainkua (pre-doc).
• Técnicos: Iñaki Orue (servicios generales) y Valentín Toyos (contratado).

Líneas de investigación

• Nanostructured thin films magnetic materials.
• Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (FSMA) in bulk, composite and thin film form.
• Giant Magneto Impedance (GMI) devices and thin films.
• Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical and Industrial Applications.
• Hybrid multiferroics (magnetoelectric) materials.
• Advanced functional materials for sensors and bio-sensors.

Técnicas de las que disponemos

• Pulsed Laser and Magnetron Sputtering Deposition
• Induction furnace.
• Photolithography.
• Scanning Electron Microscope with microanalysis (EDX).
• Atomic/Magnetic Force Microscopy (AFM/MFM).
• Magnetometers (SQUID and VSM).
• Inductive hysteresis loop tracer.
• Magneto-optical Kerr effect Microscope and loop tracer.
• Magneto-elastic resonance spectrometer.
• Impedance and network analyzers.
• …
• We also have access to Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation techniques in large European facilities.

Algunas publicaciones del 2012

• "FeNi-based magnetoimpedance multilayers: Tailoring of the softness by magnetic spacers", A. V. Svalov et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 (2012) 162410.
• "Nanostructured giant magneto-impedance multilayers deposited onto flexible substrates for low pressure sensing", E. Fernández et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 7 (2012) 230.
• "Magnetoelastic viscosity sensor for lubricant oil condition monitoring", I. Bravo-Imaz et al. Key Engineering Materials 495 (2012) 71.
• "Iron oxide nanoparticles fabricated by electric explosion of wire: focus on magnetic nanofluids", G. V. Kurlyandskaya et al. , AIP Advances 2 (2012) 022154.
• "Temperature response of magnetostrictive/piezoelectric polymer magnetoelectric laminates", Jon Gutiérrez, et al. Key Enineering Materials 495 (2012) 351-354.
• "Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of martensitic Ni2Mn1.4Sn0.6 Heusler alloy", V. A. Chernenko, et al. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 324 (2012) 3519.
• "Magnetostriction in the vicinity of structural transitions in Ni2MnGa", J. M. Barandiarán et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 (2012) 262410.
• "Collective magnetic behaviors in interacting magnetic nanoparticle", M. L. Fdez-Gubiedaet al. Book Chapter in Nanoparticles Featuring Electromagnetic Properties: From Science to Engineering (2012).
• "Effects of thermal annealing on the magnetic interactions in nanogranular Fe–Ag thin films" J. Alonso et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 536 (2012) S271.
• "Biomineralization process of Fe3O4 nanoparticles by the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense", M.L. Fdez-Gubieda et al., International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applicatons of magneticcarriers- Mineeapolis (2012).