IEEE Magnetics LettersPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-29DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2026.3698302
Sai Harsha Somavarapu;Kondaiah P
{"title":"Spatial Sensitivity of Magnetoelectric Composite Under Nonuniform Magnetic Excitation","authors":"Sai Harsha Somavarapu;Kondaiah P","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3698302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3698302","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetoelectric (ME) sensors are traditionally characterized under spatially uniform magnetic fields, where their performance is summarized by the ME coupling coefficient. This approach implicitly treats the sensor as a lumped element and neglects its spatial extent. In practical applications, sensing scenarios involve localized or gradient-dominated magnetic fields, where the spatial distribution of excitation directly influences the generated strain and output voltage in the ME sensor. In this work, the response of the strain-mediated ME laminate is systematically investigated under both uniform magnetic excitation and dipole, nonuniform, spatially varying magnetic fields. A spatial sensitivity mapping framework is introduced to quantify ME sensor behavior under nonuniform excitation. Experimental measurements of dipole-induced scaling and lateral response show good agreement with numerical predictions, validating the modeled approach. The results reveal the localized strain concentration, strong distance-dependent decay, and directional sensitivity that cannot be inferred from uniform field characterization alone. These findings demonstrate that uniform-field metrics are insufficient for predicting real-world sensor performance and establish spatial characterization as a necessary complement for practical ME sensing applications, such as magnetic particle mapping and health monitoring in mechanical systems.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"8100105-8100105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148483525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE Magnetics LettersPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-16DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674354
Ceziana Pereira da Costa;Ana Lucia Dantas;Artur da Silva Carriço
{"title":"Tuning the Remanent Magnetic State in Square Ferromagnetic Nanorings","authors":"Ceziana Pereira da Costa;Ana Lucia Dantas;Artur da Silva Carriço","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674354","url":null,"abstract":"We present a micromagnetic study of remanent magnetic states in square Fe and Permalloy nanorings, emphasizing the roles of field history and geometric confinement. Remanent configurations are obtained by saturating the rings under different field orientations and reducing the field to zero. The results reveal strong path dependence: diagonal and perpendicular saturation stabilize onion-like and vortex states, respectively, whereas edge-field saturation induces transitions among buckle-like, in-plane vortex, and fully three-dimensional vortex states. Phase diagrams show that these transitions are governed primarily by magnetostatic interactions, with stronger effects in Fe due to its higher saturation magnetization. These findings provide a strategy for deterministic remanent-state selection in square nanorings, relevant to multistate magnetic and spintronic applications.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147665297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconfigurable Bio-Plausible Spiking Neurons Based on Antiferromagnetic Skyrmions Utilizing Anisotropy Gradient","authors":"Ravish Kumar Raj;Sharuar Hossain Jony;Purbak Sengupta;Sonal Shreya","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3685158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3685158","url":null,"abstract":"Biological neurons exhibit diverse spiking behaviors, such as fast, phasic, and bursting modes, which are essential for efficient neural communication. However, most spintronic neuromorphic systems remain limited to simplified leaky-integrate-and-fire (LIF) models due to the difficulty of realizing complex neuronal dynamics in hardware. In this work, we develop a reconfigurable spiking neuron based on the intrinsic dynamics of antiferromagnetic (AFM) skyrmions driven by an anisotropy gradient in structured nanotracks. By engineering an anisotropy gradient along a trapezoidal nanotrack, the device achieves multimodal LIF functionality without external current injection or additional hardware overhead. The nanotrack geometry naturally enables leaky integration, while controlled anisotropy modulation allows dynamic reconfiguration between fast, phasic, and bursting spiking modes. An artificial neural network constructed from these AFM skyrmions as neurons demonstrates improved Iris flower classification performance compared to conventional LIF-based models, highlighting their potential as an energy-efficient and bio-plausible neuromorphic computing platform.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"4500405-4500405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148003494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ly Phi Cuong;Binh Duy Le;Jong-Oh Park;Kim Tien Nguyen;Byungjeon Kang;Jayoung Kim
{"title":"Development of a Flexible Magnetic Catheter for Urinary Stone Removal","authors":"Ly Phi Cuong;Binh Duy Le;Jong-Oh Park;Kim Tien Nguyen;Byungjeon Kang;Jayoung Kim","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3639932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3639932","url":null,"abstract":"The rising burden of kidney stone disease worldwide highlights the need for more efficient debris clearance strategy in a single session with low complication and less pain. This letter presents a development of a flexible magnetic catheter for urinary stone removal, offering a highly flexible tip with a large working channel and magnetic maneuverability for deep penetration of the catheter into minor calyces. A flexible magnetic catheter is constructed from multiple polymer materials and multiple magnetic rings. A model-based optimization algorithm is developed to determine the optimal design parameters of the catheter, ensuring high bending angle and reasonable stiffness for insertion and stone debris suction. The catheter performances are validated through finite-element simulation comparison and human-sized phantom model experiments, demonstrating superior control performance and its potential of a single-session catheter for urinary stone removal application.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11274412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic Structures in Amorphous Glass-Coated Microwires Induced by Longitudinal and Transverse Stresses","authors":"Alexander Chizhik;Valentina Zhukova;Arcady Zhukov","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3627471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3627471","url":null,"abstract":"The formation and transformation of the surface magnetic structure induced by the longitudinal and transverse stresses in magnetic microwires have been studied by the magneto-optical Kerr effect. Circular, elliptical, and longitudinal magnetic domains are the main types of the observed structures. Because of transverse distribution of the internal stress, there exists a significant difference in magnetic behavior inside the microwires. This difference influences the domain nucleation and domain wall motion.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145612135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the Line Shape of Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectrum in a Flip-Chip Measurement","authors":"Elyssa D. DeVisscher;Anna E. Mays;Xin Fan","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3627467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3627467","url":null,"abstract":"The flip-chip ferromagnetic resonance spectrum with a coplanar waveguide has been widely used for studying magnetization dynamics of thin films. Typically, the peak position and linewidth are extrapolated, while the line shape—specifically how far the spectrum deviates from a perfectly symmetric Lorentzian—is neglected. To quantify this deviation, we define a deviation phase angle (DPA), and we find that the DPA of the ferromagnetic resonance spectrum depends on frequency, impedance mismatch in the transmission line, and the material itself.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145778464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Adjacent Track Erasure for Thermal Exchange Coupled Composite Media","authors":"Yijia Liu;R. H. Victora","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3608663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3608663","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, the effectiveness of a novel three-layer thermally exchanged coupled composite media (3ly-ECC) design is evaluated in enhancing magnetic recording performance, particularly, in mitigating adjacent track erasure (ATE). The performance of the proposed 3ly-ECCs is compared against the two-layer (2ly) counterparts at both high peak temperature (850 K) and reduced peak temperature (650 K). It is found that incorporating a high saturation magnetization in the top layer and a high anisotropy in the middle layer within the 3ly configurations yields a 15% reduction in ATE and a 0.6 dB gain in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), at the expense of a tolerable 5% increase in transition jitter relative to the 2ly structures. These findings highlight, that with a high thermal gradient during the writing process, the combination of high-Ku and high-Ms media designs effectively suppresses thermally induced remanent noise, therefore, improving stability against off-track thermal perturbation. Nonetheless, the performance gains in ATE and SNR come with the acceptable tradeoff of transitijon jitter loss, which is a compromise that may be justified in high-density recording applications where minimizing intertrack interference is critical.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145255897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploration of Synthesis Conditions for High-Magnetization Ba-Ca-Based W-Type Hexaferrites","authors":"Matsui Yosuke;Watanabe Kowashi;Kakizaki Koichi;Kamishima Kenji","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3599741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3599741","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents the synthesis of W-type hexagonal ferrite (BaZn<inline-formula><tex-math>$_{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula>Fe<inline-formula><tex-math>$_{16}$</tex-math></inline-formula>O<inline-formula><tex-math>$_{27}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) using a powder metallurgy approach to enhance magnetic properties through controlled Ca doping. By identifying the crystalline phase and repeating to adjust the composition, we achieved a primary-phase W-type hexaferrite substituted with about Ba: Ca = 0.5: 0.5 in the chemical formula. Electron probe microanalysis results helped us reach the sample with Ba: Ca: Zn: Fe = 0.52: 0.48: 0.78: 10.73, demonstrating the highest magnetization of 131.0 A<inline-formula><tex-math>$cdot$</tex-math></inline-formula> m<inline-formula><tex-math>$^{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula>/kg at 1.8 K. Our findings suggest the magnetically optimal nature of this composition for Ca-substituted Ba-based W-type ferrite. This investigation contributes to understanding Ba-Ca-based W-type hexaferrite and provides a foundation for future exploration and optimization of its magnetic properties.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection of GDF15 Protein Using Ultrabroadband Ferromagnetic Resonance of Magnetic Nanoparticles","authors":"Shin Yabukami;Ryoya Masui;Toru Murayama;Junichi Honda;Loi Tonthat;Kazuhiko Okita;Akihiro Kuwahata;Takaaki Abe","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3592474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3592474","url":null,"abstract":"This study developed a protein detection method of the growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) using a ultrabroadband microstrip line type probe up to 67 GHz. We prepared samples that bound the GDF15 and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) using primary and secondary antibodies. High-density secondary MNPs reacted with antigen several times to enhance the magnetic signal using a biotin–avidin reaction on a cover glass. The reaction between the antigen and the MNPs was confirmed by fluorescent particles and a vibrating sample magnetometer. The application of the dc field enhanced sharp ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), improving the signal-to-noise ratio for GDF15 detection. The difference in FMR intensity between 1.5 and 2 T increased clearly with increasing GDF15 concentration (0, 0.01, 0.1, and 1 µg/ml). A reproducible calibration curve was obtained for protein (GDF15) detection. Our method shows promise for sensitive and quantitative protein detection in biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simple and Rapid Controlling Method of Magnetic Anisotropy and Its Application to Thin-Film Magnetoimpedance Elements","authors":"Hiroaki Kikuchi","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2025.3590624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2025.3590624","url":null,"abstract":"Enhancing the control of magnetic anisotropy is key to boosting the performance of thin-film magnetic devices. We developed a simple and efficient method that combines Joule heating with a magnetic field, offering an alternative to conventional static magnetic field annealing, which typically requires complex setups, such as heaters, vacuum systems, and generating strong magnetic field with higher power consumption. Our results demonstrate that this method can be applied to thin-film magnetoimpedance elements in air within a very short time, without degrading their performance. The study also explores additional topics, including localized control, reversibility, a range of applicable materials, and the potential limitations of the approach.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"16 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144934370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}