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Who was Albert Fert's Nobel Prize co-recipient?

  • Marie Curie

  • Peter Grünberg

  • Albert Einstein

  • Isaac Newton

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Peter Grünberg was Albert Fert's Nobel Prize co-recipient. Together, they received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics for their independent discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR), a phenomenon that occurs in certain materials when an external magnetic field is applied. GMR has revolutionized the field of electronics, leading to the development of new types of sensors, hard drives, and other devices.
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