A. Fert and P. Grünberg, 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded jointly to Albert Fert (Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France) and Peter Grünberg (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) 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. (extracted from the Nobel website)

We are very pleased to present you the list of all articles they both published in The European Physical Journal.

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Albert Fert Atomic-scale analysis of interfaces in an all-oxide magnetic tunnel junction Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 24 (2003) p. 215 EELS study of interfaces in magnetoresistive LSMO/STO/LSMO tunnel junctions Eur. Phys. J. B 34 (2003) p. 179 The temperature dependence of the perpendicular giant magnetoresistance in Co/Cu multilayered nanowires Eur. Phys. J. B 4 (1998) p. 413

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Peter Grünberg Nonuniform and sequential magnetization reversal via domain structure formation for multilayered system with grain size induced enhanced exchange bias Eur. Phys. J. B 45 (2005) p.249

G. Ertl, 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Gerhard Ertl (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Berlin, Germany) "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces". Its work has led to Computer Chips, Fuel Cells and Clean Air from Catalytic Converters for Vehicles.

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Gerhard Ertl Fluorescence spectroscopy of silver clusters formed in rare gas droplets Eur. Phys. J. D 16 (2001) p. 157