2022 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Magnetic Materials Science
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Takafumi Yamamoto / Nobuhiro Matsushita
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue (S7-202) / 3-4 Fri (S7-202)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C307
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the fundamentals of magnetism, and covers the application of magnetic materials in electronic devices.
Magnetic materials consist of magnetic moments and the relative orientation of the magnetic moments leads to a variety of magnetic ordering. This course begins with a brief introduction of electrodynamics and quantum mechanics, and introduce the origin of a magnetic moment. The course enables students to understand and acquire the fundamental approach to describing magnetic interactions between magnetic moments and the behaviors of magnetic moments in a crystal. Topics also include magnetic anisotropy, magnetization processes, magnetic domain structures, and magnetic resonance, providing a basis for applying magnetic materials to electronic devices.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the concepts of magnetic moments, angular momentum, exchange interaction, etc. based on fundamentals of electrodynamics and quantum mechanics.
2) Understand the macroscopic magnetic properties of materials, including paramagnetism and ferromagnetism.
3) Understand magnetic phenomena in ferromagnetic materials (magnetic anisotropy, magnetization process, magnetic domain structure, magnetic resonance).
4) Understand the fundamental approaches to applying magnetic materials to device applications.
Keywords
Electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, magnetic moment, angular momentum, crystalline field, multiplet, Curie’s law, exchange interaction, Curie-Weiss law, Pauli paramagnetism, Slater-Pauling curve, magnetic anisotropy, magnetization process, magnetic domain structure, magnetic resonance, magnetotransport, applications of magnetism
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
To get a good understanding of the course contents, exercise problems are provided.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Electrodynamics and magnetic moment | Derive the relationship between magnetic moment and ring current. Derive the equation representing the energy of a magnetic moment in a magnetic field. |
| Class 2 | Quantum mechanics and Schrödinger equation | Understand the solution of Schrödinger equation in spherical symmetry. |
| Class 3 | Angular momentum and construction of total angular momentum | Derive angular momentum in quantum mechanics. |
| Class 4 | Crystalline field and quench of orbital angular momentum | Understand an energy shift of 3d states in octahedral crystalline symmetry and the mechanism of quench of orbital angular momentum |
| Class 5 | Angular momentum of an atom and multiplets | Construct the total angular momentum of 2 p electrons. |
| Class 6 | Free ion and Curie's law | Derive the Curie's law of a paramagnet. |
| Class 7 | Exchange interaction and Curie-Weiss law | Derive the Curie-Weiss law based on exchange interaction. |
| Class 8 | Band theory and Pauli paramagnetism | Derivation of Pauli paramagnetic susceptibility |
| Class 9 | Ferromagnetism in metals and Slater-Pauling curve | Derivation of magnetic moment of an alloy |
| Class 10 | Molecular magneic field theory of ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic material | Expressions of molecular magnetic field theory |
| Class 11 | Magnetic anisotropy | Derivation of expression of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a polar coordinate system |
| Class 12 | Magnetic domain structure and magnetic wall | Magnetic domain wall width and a domain wall energy |
| Class 13 | Magnetization process and magnetic loss | Rotational magnetization, Analyses of magnetic losses |
| Class 14 | Magnetic resonance, applications of magnetic material | Magnetization dynamics, Electron spin resonance, Ferro magnetic resonance, Magnetic device applications(GMR, Tunneling magnetic resistance) |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Unspecified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Keizo Ohta. Fundamentals of Magnetics. Kyoritsu-shuppan; ISBN 4320002008, 9784320002005.
Soshin Chikazumi. Physics of Ferromagnetism. Oxford University Press; ISBN 0-19-851776-9.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Student's knowledge of fundamentals of magnetism and their ability to apply them to magnetic devices will be assessed. Evaluated by reports and a final exam.
Related courses
- MAT.A203 ： Statistical Mechanics (Ceramics course)
- MAT.C203 ： Statistical Mechanics (Ceramics course)
- MAT.C306 ： Dielectric Materials Science
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed a class of electrodynamics or have equivalent knowledge.