Manufacturing and Characterization of Paper-Based Magnetic Coatings : Projects in Engineering and Science Summer 2015

Abstract

Employing paper as an engineering material is emerging in industry today. Paper-based technology has grown in the last several years. Current technology includes, but is not limited to, foldable paper microscopes, a disk jockey board made from paper, and interactive wallpapers and newspapers. In terms of magnetic paper-based devices, these systems are limited to the use of hard magnetic materials for bitwise writing and reading, and actuating. At the Institute of Micro-Production Technology, embedding soft magnetic materials into the paper itself is being researched to enable a novel paper-based technology such as spintronic devices. This report will show the details of the ongoing research of the characteristics and properties of soft magnetic coatings on paper-based substrates.