William E. Moerner
Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist
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William Esco Moerner (born June 24, 1953) is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist.
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| Born | William Esco Moerner June 24, 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Awards | Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2008) Irving Langmuir Award (2009) Peter Debye Award (2013) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014) |
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| Fields | Chemistry, applied physics, biophysics |
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| Doctoral advisor | Albert J. Sievers |
| Other academic advisors | James Gegan Miller |
He is known for his first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases.[1][2] Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become a widely used single-molecule experiment in chemistry, physics and biology.[3]
In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[4][5]
References
change- ↑ Reich,Ziv and Kapon,Ruti. 2010. "Foreword by the Guest Editors." (Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Moerner's Achievements.) Israel Journal of Chemistry 49 (3-4), April 2010. DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201090002
- ↑ W. E. Moerner and L. Kador, "Optical Detection and Spectroscopy of Single Molecules in a Solid," Physical Review Letters 62, 2535 (1989). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535
- ↑ Gräslund, Astrid, Rudolf Rigler, and Jerker Widengren. 2010. "Single Molecule Spectroscopy In Chemistry, Physics and Biology: Nobel Symposium number 138". Springer Series in Chemical Physics, v. 96. Heidelberg [Germany]: Springer, 2010. 572 p. DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-02597-6
- ↑ "Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014." Nobelprize.org (accessed October 8, 2014).
- ↑ "Professor W.E. Moerner wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry." Archived 2018-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Stanford Report, October 8, 2014 (accessed October 8, 2014).
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