An electronic component includes an element body made of a composite material of a resin material and metal powder. A plurality of particles of the metal powder are exposed from the resin material and make contact with one another on the outer surface of the element.

Textured ceramic compositions having improved piezoelectric characteristics as compared with their random counterparts are provided. Methods of making the compositions and devices using them are also included. More particularly, compositions comprising textured ceramic Na.sub.0.5Bi.sub.0.5TiO.sub.3—BaTiO.sub.3(NBT-BT) materials synthesized from high aspect ratio NBT seeds exhibit improved characteristics, including an increased longitudinal piezoelectric constant (d.sub.33) and magnetoelectric coupling coefficient over randomly oriented NBT-BT. Additionally provided are compositions comprising of nanostructured Na.sub.0.5B.sub.0.5TiO.sub.3—BaTiO.sub.3 ferroelectric whiskers having a high aspect ratio. Nanostructured whiskers can be used to improve the piezoelectric properties of the bulk ceramics. The inventive materials are useful in microelectronic devices, with some finding particular application as multilayer actuators and transducers.

Magnetic cores including a bonding material having magnetic filler therein is disclosed, as well as devices including the same. The magnetic cores may have superior magnetic properties or adopt the benefits of both soft magnetic composite cores and laminate cores. The magnetic cores disclosed herein exhibit greater relative magnetic permeability in the normalized direction as well as greater saturation flux density.

A method is provided for the production of a wound nanocrystalline magnetic core in which a nanocrystalline metal strip made of (Fe.sub.1-aM.sub.a).sub.100-x-y-z-α-βCu.sub.xSi.sub.yB.sub.zM′.sub.αX.sub.β is pre-wound to form a first coil. An insulating foil is provided that is coated with an adhesive on at least one side. An adhesive is applied to the nanocrystalline metal strip to laminate the insulating foil onto the metal strip and thereby to stabilise the metal strip as it is wound off the coil. The laminated nanocrystalline metal strip and the insulating foil are bifilar wound to form a bifilar, layer-insulated coil.

An electronic component includes an element body made of a composite material of a resin material and metal powder. A plurality of particles of the metal powder are exposed from the resin material and make contact with one another on the outer surface of the element

An electronic component includes an element body made of a composite material of a resin material and metal powder. A plurality of particles of the metal powder are exposed from the resin material and make contact with one another on the outer surface of the element.

A method is provided for the production of a wound nanocrystalline magnetic core in which a nanocrystalline metal strip made of (Fe.sub.1-aM.sub.a).sub.100-x-y-z--Cu.sub.xSi.sub.yB.sub.zM.sub.X.sub. is pre-wound to form a first coil. An insulating foil is provided that is coated with an adhesive on at least one side. An adhesive is applied to the nanocrystalline metal strip to laminate the insulating foil onto the metal strip and thereby to stabilise the metal strip as it is wound off the coil. The laminated nanocrystalline metal strip and the insulating foil are bifilar wound to form a bifilar, layer-insulated coil.

Magnets including a coating and related methods are described herein. The coating may include an aluminum layer. The aluminum layer may be formed in an electroplating process.

A magnetic sheet includes a magnetic made of an Fe-based alloy, wherein the magnetic layer includes a first surface region and a second surface region opposing each other in a thickness direction of the magnetic layer, and an internal region disposed between the first surface region and the second surface region, and a crystallinity of the first surface region is higher than a crystallinity of the second surface region.

An electronic component includes an element body made of a composite material of a resin material and metal powder. A plurality of particles of the metal powder are exposed from the resin material and make contact with one another on the outer surface of the element