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Vidyadhar Singh [1] and Rajasekhar Madugundo [2] and Anil Annadi [3] and Biswanath Bhoi [4] and K. Devi Chandrasekhar [5] and Murtaza Bohra [6]

1, Nanoparticles by Design Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan, oist.jp

2, BCMaterials, Bizkaia Science and Technology Park, 48160 Derio, Spain, bcmaterials.net

3, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, uchicago.edu

4, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea, snu.ac.kr

5, Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, nsysu.edu.tw

6, Mahindra École Centrale College of Engineering, Hyderabad 500043, India, mahindraecolecentrale.edu.in

Received Jul 24, 2017; Accepted Jul 24, 2017

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Magnetic nanostructures have emerged as a novel class of materials being used in variety of applications such as ultra-high-density magnetic recording media, drug delivery, magnetic resonance imaging, sensing, hyperthermia, and catalysts. These magnetic nanostructures can be synthesized in various forms ranging from nanoparticles, nanoclusters, nanorods, nanowires, and nanotubes to the thin films and multilayers, depending upon growth conditions. During last decade, interest in magnetic nanostructures has grown exponentially being inspired by recent advances in nanostructure growth and characterization techniques from which various fascinating properties can be realized which were not observed in the bulk material. These distinct properties can be ascribed to the energies associated with various physical parameters; those are comparable with size of nanostructures. Control over these properties enables researcher to develop new concepts that...

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