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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007   It is thanks to the semi-conductor industry that development of the new vacuum techniques required for advanced surface chemistry had already begun in the 1950s. When electronic components are assembled knowledge of surface chemistry is important. The ozone hole The ozone layer is damaged by reactions on the…

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007   In the Haber-Bosch process nitrogen is extracted from the air to form ammonia. This is an important stage in the production of artificial fertilizers and the process won Fritz Haber the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Even though the chemical process has been known for a long time,…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 to Gerhard Ertl “for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces”. Photo: Wolfram Däumel, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Gerhard Ertl Born in 1936 in Bad Cannstadt, Germany. PhD in Physical Chemistry in…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 1918 Fritz Haber awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Haber-Bosch process. 1932 Irving Langmuir awarded the first Nobel Prize for general surface chemistry. 1956 Cyril Hinshelwood awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, among other things for the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism for surface reactions. 1992 Ilya Prigogine awarded the Nobel…

Questions and answers After the 2007 Nobel Prize announcements, visitors to Nobelprize.org had the possibility to submit questions to the 2007 Nobel Laureates. Here, Gerhard Ertl answers a selection of the questions. Question: Apart from the development of more effective adsorption catalysts, what in your opinion are the most important applications of the knowledge we…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2007 Professor Håkan Wennerström delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The central theme of chemistry…

English Presentation Speech by Per Wästberg, Writer, Member of the , Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, 10 December 2007. Writer Per Wästberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Doris Lessing…