Chemistry
Jacobus H. van ‘t Hoff – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Sofia Gisberg Courtesy: Jacob van ‘t Hoff Collection, Ms. 74, Special Collections, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University
moreJacobus H. van ‘t Hoff – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Harold Kroto – Interview
Interview
Harry Kroto Answers Questions on the NobelPrize YouTube Channel The fourth in a series of Q&A sessions with Nobel Laureates on YouTube features Harry Kroto, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for discovering that carbon atoms can assemble into soccer-ball-shaped structures of molecules, known as fullerenes or buckyballs. In the videos below…
moreDan Shechtman – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize 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…
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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)…
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