Albert Fert
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Albert Fert is a French physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work in the field of spintronics, which involves using the spin of electrons in addition to their charge to store and process information. His discoveries have been fundamental to the development of modern data storage technology and have opened new possibilities for more efficient computing devices.
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- 1938-03-07
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- Acto de Investidura del Grado de Doctor Honoris Causa de Albert Fert
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- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,943x
- G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 53,027x
- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
· 1977 · cited 49,765x
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Albert Fert ( French: [albɛʁ fɛʁ]; born 7 March 1938) is a French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Paris-Saclay University in Orsay, scientific director of a joint laboratory (Unité mixte de recherche) between the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Scientific Research Centre) and Thales Group, and adjunct professor at Michigan State University. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.
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1938 birthsCommanders of the Legion of HonourÉcole normale supérieure (Paris) alumniFrench Nobel laureatesFrench physicistsFrench recipients of the Legion of HonourGrand Cross of the Ordre national du MériteLiving peopleMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMichigan State University facultyNobel laureates in PhysicsParis-Saclay University