Modules:

Place and time:

scheduled next winter term 2023/24

Contents:

• Basics of magnetism
• Dia- , para-, ferromagnetism including special forms like superparamagnetism
• Interaction between magnetic fields and magnetic solids
• Colloidal suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles
• Measurements of magnetic fields & detection of magnetic solids
• Manipulation of magnetic solid and ferrofluids with magnetic fields
• Behavior of magnetic nanoparticles in biological matrices
• Magnetic excitation of the peripheral nervous system and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
• Magnetometers in medical applications (z. B. magnetic relaxometry, magnetoencephalography)
• Imaging with magnetic fields (z. B. MRT, MPI, MRX)
• Therapeutics with magnetic nanoparticles

Literature:

• Chikazumi: Physics of Ferromagnetism – Oxford Science Publications
• Thanh: Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications – CRC Press
• Buzug & Borgert: Magnetic Particle Imaging – Springer
• Tumanski: Handbook of Magnetic Measurements – CRC Press

General information:

Credit points: 4
Language: offered only in German, English skills required
Grading through: exercises, written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Further information:

See Moodle for teaching materials and any further information.