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Nature Materials 6, 255 - 256 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1877

Spintronics: Change of direction

Russell P. Cowburn1

  1. Russell P. Cowburn is at the Blackett Physics Laboratory, Imperial College, London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, UK. e-mail: R.Cowburn@imperial.ac.uk


The magnetization direction in the centre of a submicrometre magnetic disk can now be switched by an electrical current. This discovery demonstrates the potential of realizing all-electrically controlled magnetic memory devices.

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