Nobel prize in Physics 2007: ALBERT FERT and PETER GRUNBERG
Type:
Colloquium
Date/Time:
2008-02-11 16:00
Location:
Weniger 153
Event speaker:
Prof. Henri Jansen, Department of Physics, OSU
Title:
Nobel prize in Physics 2007: ALBERT FERT and PETER GRUNBERG
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Abstract
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks. The discovery also plays a major role in various magnetic sensors as well as for the development of a new generation of electronics. The use of Giant Magnetoresistance can be regarded as one of the first major applications of nanotechnology.
Refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the colloquium in Weniger 305.