**Meet the editor**

Dr Kevin SC Kuang is presently an Assistant Professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is active in the research areas of smart structures, advanced composites, structural health monitoring, wireless remote sensing and sensor technology in particular optical fibre-based sensors. He graduated with a 1st class honours in Me-

chanical Engineering from the Leeds University, UK and a PhD degree from the University of Liverpool, UK, in Materials Science and Engineering. He has published over 40 papers in international journals and conferences and has received more than 350 citations and an h-index of 9. He is listed in the Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in Asia.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Renu Choithrani

Chapter 2 **Orthogonal Fluxgates 19**  Mattia Butta

**Part 2 Applications 65** 

Chapter 3 **Induction Magnetometers Principle,** 

Chapter 4 **The Application of Magnetic Sensors** 

Chapter 6 **Magnetic Field Sensors Based on** 

Massimo De Vittorio

Chapter 5 **Application of Magnetic Sensors to Nano-**

Takaya Inamori and Shinichi Nakasuka

Maria Teresa Todaro, Leonardo Sileo and

Chapter 7 **Magnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications 125** 

Christophe Coillot and Paul Leroy

**Part 1 Theoretical Backgrounds and Principles 1** 

**Properties of Perovskite Manganites 3** 

**Modeling and Ways of Improvement 45** 

**in Self-Contained Local Positioning 67**  Chengliang Huang and Xiao-Ping Zhang

**and Micro-Satellite Attitude Control Systems 85** 

Guillermo Rivero, Marta Multigner and Jorge Spottorno

**Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology 103** 

Chapter 1 **Analysis of Thermodynamic and Phononic** 
