FERROMAGNETIC MICROWIRE COMPOSITES: FROM SENSORS TO MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS

Situated at the forefront ofinterdisciplinary researchon ferromagnetic microwires and their multifunctional composites, this book starts with acomprehensive treatment ofthe processing, structure, properties and applications of magnetic microwires. Special emphasis is placed onthe giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) effect, which forms the basis for developing high-performance magnetic sensors. After defining the keycriteria for selecting microwires for various types of GMI sensors, the book illustrates how ferromagneticmicrowires are employedas functional fillers to create a new class of composite materials withmultiple functionalities for sensing and microwave applications. Readers are introduced tostate-of-the-art fabrication methods, microwave tunable properties, microwaveabsorption and shielding behaviours, as well as themetamaterial characteristics of these newly developed ferromagnetic microwire composites.Lastly, potential engineeringapplications are proposed so as to highlight the most promising perspectives, current challenges andpossible solutions.

Dr.Faxiang Qin

Dr. Faxiang Qin iscurrently a research professor in the School of Materials Science andEngineering at Zhejiang University, China. He also serves as the associatedirector of the Institute for Composites Science Innovation there. He was aJSPS fellow at National Institute for Materials Science, Japan from 2013-2015.Prior to that, he was a post-doctoral researcher in Advanced Composite Centrefor Innovation and Science at the University of Bristol and Lab-STICC atUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale from 2010 to 2013. He received the MSc innano-materials from the South China University of Technology in 2007 and Ph.Din multifunctional composites from the University of Bristol in 2010. He was arecipient of the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS) and theUniversity of Bristol Postgraduate Student Scholarship. He was nominated forthe Exceptional Thesis Prize and selected as one of the two candidates atBristol for UK Royal Academy Engineering Fellowship. He was also an awardee ofZhejiang Province Thousand Talents Senior Fellowship in China, Discovery EarlyCareer Researcher Award in Australia, Finistère Postdoctoral Fellowship inFrance, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship. Hisresearch interest lies in magnetic materials, nanomaterials, multifunctionalcomposites and applied physics. His work has been documented in more than 60international refereed journal papers published in prestigious journals inmaterials and physics.

Dr. Manh-Huong Phan

Dr. Manh-Huong Phan is an AssociateProfessor of Physics at the University of South Florida, USA. He received B.S.,M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Vietnam National University in 2000,Chungbuk National University in 2003, and Bristol University in 2006,respectively.  Dr. Phan’s researchinterests lie in the physics and applications of magnetic materials. He is aleading expert in the area of functional magnetic materials and nanostructureswith magnetocaloric and magnetoimpedance effects for energy-efficient magneticrefrigeration and smart sensor technologies. He has co-authored more than 200peer-reviewed journal papers (h-index: 30), 4 review papers, and 5 bookchapters. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of ElectronicMaterials (ISI journal, Impact factor: 1.8) and is an active reviewer for morethan 90 major international journals, with “Outstanding Referee” awards fromthe Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in 2013 and 2015. He hasdelivered plenary and invited talks at professional meetings on Magnetism andMagnetic Materials (2007-present) and involved inorganizing international conferences on Nanomaterials, Energy andNanotechnology (2011-present).

Prof. Hua-Xin Pengjoined Zhejiang University as a Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Materials in2014 under the Global Talent Recruitment Plan from the University of Bristol,UK where he was a full Professor in the Advanced Composites Centre forInnovation and Science (ACCIS) in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Hegained his PhD (1996) and MSc (1993) in composite materials in Harbin Instituteof Technology and BEng (1990) in Zhejiang University.  He was the founding Deputy Director of theBristol Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information and worked as a ResearchFellow in the Materials Department at Oxford University (2001-2) andBrunel University (1998-2000).  Hisresearch activities focus on nanomaterial through engineering to applicationsand innovative design of composite microstructures for multi-functionalities.The latter involves the development of ferromagnetic microwire (meta-) compositesfor a range of ingenious engineering applications such as structural healthmonitoring and microwave absorption.  Prof. Peng is the founding Director of theInstitute for Composites Science Innovation (InCSI) at Zhejiang University andone of the founding Editors of the Elsevier journal Composites Communications(COCO).