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Giant Magnetoresistance Electron Spin Transport

France · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1988

Albert Fert1988

Orsay · Science / Physics

Co-discovers giant magnetoresistance, showing that electrical resistance can depend strongly on electron spin in magnetic multilayers.

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Albert Fert

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