A conventional material used in magnetic tunnel junctions with in-plane magnetization can also be magnetized perpendicularly, offering new possibilities for high-performance memory and logic circuits.
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Kent, A. Perpendicular all the way. Nature Mater 9, 699–700 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2844
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