Conclusion
As we have described in this article, materials research in Spain has advanced considerably. Contributing to the improvement is Spain’s active sabbatical and visitors program, which fosters a rewarding atmosphere for visiting researchers.
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For more information on Spanish Science Policy, contact CICYT, Interministerial Commission for Science and Technology, Rosario Pino, 14-16 Madrid 28020, Spain; phone, 34-1-5720098, ext. 271; fax, 34-1–5715781.
Cabrera started his research on magnetism in 1912 when he spent a few months with Pierre Weiss at the ETH, Zürich. Afterward he was actively involved in research on the magnetic properties of insulators, mainly on rare earth compounds. His research efforts and scientific interactions with the Rockefeller Foundation helped, among other factors, the Spanish Government to obtain a grant of $400,000 from the foundation in 1932 to open the Spanish National Institute of Physics and Chemistry.
For a report on CEAM, see “Magnetism in Europe” by I.V. Mitchell, scientific project director for CEAM, in the July 1990 MRS Bulletin XV (7) p. 54–60.
WHH stands for Waugh, Huber, Haeberlen; MREV for Mansfield, Rhim, Elleman, and Vaughan.
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Ortiz, C., Gonzalez, D. Up Close: Materials Science in Spain—Its Dynamic Growth. MRS Bulletin 17, 62–65 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1557/S088376940004330X
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