Gerhard Ertl receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2007. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Gerhard Ertl after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2007. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Gerhard Ertl (left) and his wife Barbara (right) standing with 2001 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry K. Barry Sharpless (centre) after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2007. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Gerhard Ertl delivering his banquet speech.

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Gerhard Ertl signing autographs for enthusiastic pupils during a visit to the Norra Real School in Stockholm, 12 December 2007. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007
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All the 2007 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2007. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Oliver Smithies, Mario R. Capecchi and Sir Martin J. Evans; Economics Laureates Roger B. Myerson and Eric S. Maskin. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Peter Grünberg, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Gerhard Ertl and Nobel Laureate in Physics Albert Fert. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Gerhard Ertl talking to students during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2007. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007
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Gerhard Ertl signing autographs after delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2007. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007
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Gerhard Ertl delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2007. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2007
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Gerhard Ertl at his interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2007.

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Gerhard Ertl, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2007.

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