John B. Goodenough

Nobel Lecture

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John B. Goodenough’s Nobel Lecture was deliviered by Arumugam Manthiram on Sunday 8 December 2019, at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. The lecture was introduced by Professor Olof Ramström, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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