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Integer Quantum Hall Effect

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

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1980

Klaus von Klitzing1980

Grenoble · Science / Physics

Discovers precisely quantized Hall resistance in a two-dimensional electron system at low temperature and high magnetic field.

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Klaus von Klitzing

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