half-metal
English
Noun
half
-
metal
(
plural
half-metals
)
(
physics
)
Any substance that acts as a
conductor
to
electrons
of one
spin
orientation
, but as an
insulator
to those of the opposite orientation
Related terms
half-metallic
See also
semiconductor
spintronics
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