Dan Shechtman
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 |
| 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]
Dan Shechtman Media
Meeting at NIST in 1985 where Shechtman (left) explains the atomic structure of quasicrystals
Shechtman's Nobel Prize–winning work was in the area of quasicrystals, ordered crystalline materials lacking repeating structures, such as this Al-Pd-Mn alloy.
Interview with Dan Shechtman after his Nobel lecture
Shechtman in Stockholm, June 2016
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References
- ↑ 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.