Zhores Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (Russian: Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, [ʐɐˈrɛs ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐɫˈfʲɵrəf]; Belarusian: Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; 15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019[1]) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic. He worked significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. He was the inventor of the heterotransistor and the winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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 Alferov in 2012 | |
| Born | Zhores Ivanovich Alferov 15 March 1930 |
| Died | 1 March 2019 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Soviet (until 1991) / Russian (since 1991) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" (old name V. I. Ulyanov Electrotechnical Institute "LETI") |
| Known for | Heterotransistors |
| Awards | Global Energy Prize (2005) Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2001) Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) Demidov Prize (1999) Ioffe Prize (Russian Academy of Sciences, 1996) USSR State Prize (1984) Lenin Prize (1972) Stuart Ballantine Medal (1971) Order of Lenin (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied physics |
| Institutions | Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute |
He was also a Russian politician. He was a member of the lower house of the Russian parliament the State Duma, from 1995 until 2019.
Alferov died of complications from a stroke on 1 March 2019 in Saint Petersburg, aged 88.[2]
Zhores Alferov Media
Alferov with Vladimir Putin
Alferov on a 2020 stamp of Russia
Alferov speaking at the opening of the Nanotechnology International Forum in Moscow, November 2010.
References
- ↑ "Умер Жорес Алферов". TASS (in русский). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ "Умер нобелевский лауреат Жорес Алферов" (in русский). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
Other websites
- (in Russian) Zhores Alferov website at the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Biography Archived 2014-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, on the website of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
- Autobiography Archived 2008-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, on the website of Nobel Foundation web group in Stockholm
- Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir V. Putin