giant magnetoresistance

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giant magnetoresistance [¦j̄i·ənt ‚mag·nēd·ō·ri′zis·təns]

(solid-state physics)

A very large decrease in electrical resistance upon application of a magnetic field in certain structures composed of alternating layers of magnetic and nonmagnetic metals.

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No references found			Giant magnetoresistance has led to a 30-fold increase in hard disk-data densities since then. Mice, magnetism, and reactions on solids: nobels awarded in genetics, ... by Seppa, N.; Castelvecchi, D.; Williams, S. / Science News Albert Fert of Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, and Peter Grünberg of the Jülich Research Centre in Rhineland will share the 10m Swedish kronor (£755,720) prize for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR), a quantum mechanical effect that allows huge amounts of data to be pushed into ever-smaller spaces. Nobel prize for discovery that led to mobiles and iPods by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The present generation of computer hard-disk drives uses a read-head based on giant magnetoresistance (GMR) thin films. NIST-DEVELOPED PROCESS USED IN GMR MANUFACTURING by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology			Giambattista Marino Giambologna Giambono, Michele Giamysh Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Francesco Malipiero Gian Giorgio Trissino Giancarlo Pajetta Giandzha Gianis Xenakis Gianni Rodari Giannini, A P Giannini, A. P. Giannini, Amadeo P. Giannis Zebgos Giannotti, Donato giant giant arbor vitae giant branch Giant City State Park giant clam Giant Despair giant granite Giant Kidney Worm Giant Lantern Festival giant magnetoresistance giant nuclear resonance Giant nuclear resonances giant order giant orders giant pilaster giant planets giant powder giant pulse laser Giant Salamander Giant Schnauzer Giant Sequoia Giant Sequoia National Monument Giant Springs State Park giant star Giant Stars Giant Tortoises Giant White Rabbit giant's cauldron Giant's Causeway giant's kettle giant-cell arteritis Giantism Giants Giants in the Earth Giap, Vo Nguyen			Giant jellyfish giant kangaroo Giant Kelp Giant Kelp Giant Kelp Giant kettle Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm giant killer Giant Killer Media Design LLC Giant Killer Robots Giant Killers Organization Giant Kingfisher Giant Lantern Festival Giant Large Scale Integration giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke1 giant lizard Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia Giant Magellan Telescope Giant Magneto Resistance Giant Magneto-Impedance Giant Magneto-Resistance Giant Magneto-Resistance Random-Access Memory Giant Magnetocaloric Effect Material giant magnetoresistance Giant magnetoresistive Giant magnetoresistive Giant magnetoresistive Giant magnetoresistive effect Giant marine toad Giant marine toad Giant mastodons Giant mastodons Giant Metamyelocyte Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope Giant Migratory Contraction Giant millipede Giant millipede Giant millipede Giant Mine Remediation Project Giant Mitochondria giant moa giant moa Giant mole Giant mole Giant Molecular Cloud Giant Molecular Cloud Giant Molecular Cloud Giant Mountains Giant multicentric hyperplasia of the lymph nodes Giant neotropical toad Giant neotropical toad Giant Nevus giant northwest shipworm giant nuclear resonance

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