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ferro- +‎ valley

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ferrovalley (plural ferrovalleys)

  1. (chemistry) A ferromagnetic valley (local minimum)
    • 2016, Wen-Yi Tong, Shi-Jing Gong, Xiangang Wan, Chun-Gang Duan, “The Concept of Ferrovalley Material and Anomalous Valley Hall Effect”, in arXiv[1]:
      On account of the latter, a series of functional devices based on ferrovalley materials, such as valley-based nonvolatile random access memory, valley filter, are contemplated for valleytronic applications..