Dan Shechtman
Israeli scientist
Dan Shechtman (Hebrew: דן שכטמן; born January 24, 1941)[1] is an Israeli chemist. He is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Dan Shechtman דן שכטמן | |
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 Dan Shechtman, Nobel Prize 2011 press conference. | |
| Born | 24 January 1941 |
| Alma mater | Technion |
| Known for | Quasicrystals |
| Spouse | Tzipora Shechtman |
| Awards | Israel Prize (1998) Wolf Prize in Physics (1999) Gregori Aminoff Prize (2000) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials science |
| Institutions | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Johns Hopkins University National Institute of Standards and Technology Iowa State University Technion |
On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., Shechtman discovered the icosahedral phase, which opened the new field of quasiperiodic crystals.[2]
Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, making him one of six Israelis who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[3][4][5][6]
References
change- ↑ Dan Shechtman Archived 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF). Retrieved on 2012-01-28.
- ↑ "Israeli Wins Chemistry Nobel For Quasicrystals". npr.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ↑ Iowa State, Ames Laboratory, Technion Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Newswise.com (2011-10-05). Retrieved on 2012-01-28.
- ↑ Tiny Israel a Nobel heavyweight, especially in chemistry
- ↑ Israel’s Shechtman vindicated with Nobel for chemistry AFP (in Al Arabiya News) Thursday, 06 October 2011
- ↑ Fiske, Gavriel (2013-10-09). "Tiny Israel a Nobel heavyweight, especially in chemistry". Timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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