Daniel C. Tsui
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Daniel Chee Tsui (Chinese: 崔琦; pinyin: Cuī Qí, born February 28, 1939) is a Chinese-born American physicist. He is currently serving as the Professor of Electrical Engineering, emeritus, at Princeton University.[1] Tsui's areas of research include electrical properties of thin films and microstructures of semiconductors and solid-state physics.
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Daniel C. Tsui 崔琦 | |
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崔琦 (Cuī Qí) | |
Born | (1939-02-28) February 28, 1939 (age 85) |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D.) Augustana College (B.Sc.) |
Known for | Fractional quantum Hall effect |
Spouse | Linda Varland |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1984) Nobel Prize in Physics (1998) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Experimental physics Electrical engineering |
Institutions | Princeton University Columbia University Bell Laboratories Boston University |
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Tsui won the Nobel Prize in Physics of 1998 with Robert B. Laughlin and Horst L. Störmer "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations."[2]