The emergence of spin electronics in data storage

2007/11/01 by Claude Chappert, Albert Fert, A. Fert +2 · 2,320 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Memory and Neural Computing #Charge (physics) #Condensed matter physics #Electrical engineering #Electron #Electronics #Engineering #Engineering physics #Ferromagnetism #Magnetic field #Magnetic properties of thin films #Magnetic storage #Magnetization #Magnetoresistance #Physics #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Spin (aerodynamics) #Spins

paper · doi:10.1038/nmat2024

published in Nature Materials 6(11), 813-823 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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