Giant Magnetoresistance: the Character of Phenomenon, the History of Discovery, an Implementation in Biology and Medicine
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https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2014.07.045Keywords:
giant magnetoresistance, spintronics, Nobel Prize, spin valve, tunnel magnetoresistance, ab-on-a-chipAbstract
The major milestones of the history of discovery of the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) phenomenon and development of new scientific and technological field of spintronics are highlighted in the article. GMR systems’ configurations, among which especially promising spin valves and magnetic tunnel junction systems, are briefly characterized. These devices find their use, particularly, in medicine. For instance, spin valves are introduced in medical practice as sensors for diseases’ diagnosis and treatment and as devices which track nanoparticles in an organism. Spintronics will develop in direction of an optimization of tunnel magnetoresistance systems and an integration of those into lab-on-a-chip technologies and other nanofluidics devices. That will improve an efficacy of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures’ performance.
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