Chemistry
Dan Shechtman – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Quasi-Periodic Materials – A Paradigm Shift in Crystallography Presentation Nobel Lecture Pdf 5.8 MB
moreDan Shechtman – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Lena Cronström Calligrapher: Annika Rücker Book binder: Ingemar Dackéus Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom
moreDan Shechtman – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Nobel Laureates, fellow scientists, ladies and gentlemen, dear family. On April 8, 1982, I was alone in the electron microscope room when I discovered the Icosahedral Phase that opened the field of quasi–periodic crystals. However, today I am joined by many hundreds of enthusiastic scientists worldwide. I…
morePress release
Press release
English 5 October 2011 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “for the discovery of quasicrystals” A remarkable mosaic of atoms In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns…
moreUseful Links / Further Reading
Other resources
Websites Shechtman, D., Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, http://materials.technion.ac.il/shechtman.html Lifshitz, R., Introduction to quasicrystals, Interviews and lectures (video and slide show) Shechtman, D. (2010) Quasicrystals, a new form of matter, Senechal, M. (2011) Quasicrystals gifts to mathematics, Steurer, W. (2011) Fascinating quasicrystals, Steinhardt, P.J., What are quasicrystals?, http://www.physics.princeton.edu/~steinh/QuasiIntro.ppt Popular science articles Shtull-Trauring, A. (2011)…
morePressmeddelande: Nobelpriset i kemi 2011
Press release
5 oktober 2011 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i kemi år 2011 till Dan Shechtman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “för upptäckten av kvasikristaller” Märklig mosaik i materiens inre I kvasikristaller återfinns arabvärldens fascinerande mosaiker på atomnivå: regelbundna mönster som aldrig upprepar sig. Upptäckten av kvasikristaller stred mot all logik, och Dan Shechtman…
moreMarie Curie – Biographical
Biographical
Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students’ revolutionary organization and found it prudent to leave Warsaw, then in the part of Poland…
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