Permanent magnets with tailored texture and magnetic orientation

A permanent-magnet structure comprising:

• a region having a plurality of magnetic domains and a region-average magnetic axis, wherein each of said magnetic domains has a domain magnetic axis, wherein each said domain magnetic axis is substantially aligned with said region-average magnetic axis, and wherein said plurality of magnetic domains is characterized by an average magnetic domain size;
• and
• within said region, a plurality of metal-containing grains, wherein said plurality of metal-containing grains is characterized by an average grain size,
• wherein each of said magnetic domains has a domain easy axis that is dictated by a crystallographic texture of said metal-containing grains;
• wherein said region has a region-average easy axis based on average value of said domain easy axis within said region;
• and
• wherein said region-average magnetic axis and said region-average easy axis form a region-average alignment angle θ that has a θ standard deviation of less than 30° based on alignment-angle variance within said plurality of magnetic domains.