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Origin, Development, and Future of Spintronics (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Fert Albert
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200801093
Subject(s) - spintronics , nobel laureate , giant magnetoresistance , nanotechnology , charge (physics) , spin (aerodynamics) , physics , engineering physics , condensed matter physics , materials science , magnetoresistance , ferromagnetism , quantum mechanics , philosophy , magnetic field , poetry , thermodynamics , linguistics
Going for a spin : The discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) opened up a new area of technology—spintronics—which, in contrast to conventional electronics, uses not only the charge, but also the spin of the electron. Applications of GMR have revolutionized hard‐disk technology (see picture). Albert Fert, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007, describes firsthand the discovery of GMR and the development of spintronics.