The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
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Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Prize share: 1/3
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
Prize share: 1/3
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Bernard L. Feringa
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines"
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