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- Title
From Lab to iPod: A Story of Discovery and Commercialization in the Post-Cold War Era.
- Authors
McCRAY, W. PATRICK
- Abstract
The article focuses on the significance of the research work done by scientists Peter Grünberg and Albert Fert in the development of new electronic gadgets. The two scientists discovered how tiny changes in magnetism can produce strong signals. Physicists dubbed their observation as giant magnetoresistance or GMR, which in the Post-Cold War era revolutionized the electronics industry. The phenomenon facilitated the ability of computer disk drives to store ever increasing amounts of data leading to the growth of interdisciplinary research, spintronics. According to the Royal Swedish Academy, the research work of Fert and Grünberg were among the first real applications of the promising field of nanotechnology.
- Subjects
HIGH technology research; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; FERT, Albert; GRUNBERG, Peter, 1939-2018; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPINTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; MICROELECTRONICS; ELECTRONIC industries
- Publication
Technology & Culture, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0040-165X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/tech.0.0222