2. Nanostructures

2.1 Overview

Research into magnetic nanostructures is extremely active, as this is a highly strategic field with enormous economic stakes and development potential . The increase in the performance of electronic devices, which largely explains the exceptional boom in information and communication technologies over the last fifteen years, is linked first and foremost to the growing miniaturization of electronic components (Moore's law: "the density of information contained on a chip doubles every 18 months"). The characteristic dimensions of the ultimate electronic components are already in the order of...