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15-465: [REDACTED] Look up fert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fert may refer to: Albert Fert , a French physicist who enabled a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives. FERT , the motto of the former Italian Royal House of Savoy The acrophonic name of the letter Ef (Cyrillic) in the old Russian alphabet A very weak opening bid in

30-642: A certificate of merit, a prize medal, and as of 2020, a prize of 100 million yen. Only living individuals are eligible for the award. The prestigious prize presentation ceremony is held in the presence of the Emperor and the Empress of Japan . According to his book Dancing Naked in the Mind Field , Kary Mullis , 1993 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry , addressed Empress Michiko as sweetie when being awarded

45-597: Is considered to mark the birth of spintronics, a new subfield of electronics that exploits not only the electric charge of the electrons but also their magnetism (associated with their intrinsic angular momentum, or spin). Spintronics has already contributed important applications; the introduction of GMR read heads in hard disks has led to a considerable increase in the density of information storage. Other spintronic properties are exploited in magnetic random access memory (MRAM), which may soon impact computer and phone technology. In 2007, Fert and Prof. Grünberg jointly received

60-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Albert Fert In 1962 Albert Fert graduated from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris , where he attended courses by the physicists Alfred Kastler and Jacques Friedel . (As an undergraduate he had strong interests in photography and cinema, and was a great admirer of the work of Ingmar Bergman . ) After

75-614: The Japan Award (300.000 Euro) for their discovery of GMR. In October 2006, Professor Fert received an honorary doctorate from the Department of Physics of the University of Kaiserslautern . Fert has made many contributions to the development of spintronics. Following his 2007 Nobel Prize, he began to explore possible spintronics applications of topological properties at surfaces and interfaces. His most recent works are on

90-619: The Japanese government wished to establish a prestigious international award that would contribute to the advancement of science and technology, and private donations would form the foundation of the prize. The Japanese Government issued the following cabinet endorsement on the establishment of the Japan Prize on October 28, 1983: The official position of the Japanese Government is that the Japan Prize, to be bestowed by

105-836: The National Theatre in Tokyo. At present the international prize is often considered one of the most prestigious awards in science and technology fields after the Nobel Prize . According to an article in the scientific journal Nature Immunology , the prize is one of the prestigious science awards that recognize immunology as well as Nobel Prize, Sweden (since 1901), Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award , USA (since 1946), Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize , Germany (since 1952), Canada Gairdner International Award , Canada (since 1959), Wolf Prize , Israel (since 1978), and Crafoord Prize , Sweden (since 1980). In 1981,

120-594: The Orsay Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris XI ( Université Paris-Sud ). Under the direction of Ian Campbell at the Laboratory of Solid Physics he prepared for a doctorate Sc.D. ( doctorat des sciences ) in Physical Sciences on the electrical transport properties of nickel and iron , which he completed in 1970. He was named professor in 1976. Fert worked as research director for

135-615: The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan (now known as the Japan Prize Foundation), will serve to deepen the understanding of the role played by science and technology in furthering world peace and prosperity, thereby making a vital contribution to the positive development of mankind. Based on this judgment, the government agencies concerned are urged to offer whatever cooperation necessary in all phases pertinent to this Prize. The first Japan Prize Presentation Ceremony

150-687: The cause of peace and prosperity for mankind. As of 2024, the Japan Prize has been awarded to 111 people from more than ten countries. The Japan Prize is presented by the Japan Prize Foundation, which selects internationally-renowned scientists and engineers to be awarded the Prize in one of two areas: one from Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, and Engineering; and one from Life Science, Agriculture, Medicine, and Pharmacy. The corresponding fields for each area are determined in advance, and each year, two awards are presented. Laureates each receive

165-555: The game of contract bridge (short for fertiliser), used in strong pass systems; see Glossary of contract bridge terms#fert Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fert . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fert&oldid=1249395357 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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180-763: The prize in 1993 for the development of the polymerase chain reaction . The events are also attended by the Prime Minister , the Speaker of the House of Representatives , the President of the House of Councillors , the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , and by government ministers and representatives from various fields and industries. The 2014 Japan Prize Presentation Ceremony was held on April 23 at

195-436: The topologically protected magnetic solitons called skyrmions and on the conversion between charge current and spin current by topological insulators. Japan Prize The Japan Prize ( 日本国際賞 , Nihon-kokusai-shō , lit. "Japan International Prize") is awarded to individuals whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served

210-583: The university's condensed-matter physics laboratory (1970–1995) prior to moving to Unité Mixte de Physique, a laboratory jointly run by the Université Paris-Sud and the technology company Thales . In 1988, Albert Fert at Orsay in France, and Peter Gruenberg at Jülich in Germany, simultaneously and independently discovered giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic multilayers. This discovery

225-483: The École Normale Supérieure, Fert attended the University of Grenoble and in 1963 received his Ph.D. ( doctorat de troisième cycle ) from the University of Paris with a thesis prepared in the fundamental electronic Orsay Faculty of Sciences and in the physical spectrometry laboratory of the University of Grenoble Faculty of Sciences. On his return from military service in 1965, Fert became assistant professor at

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