K. Alex Müller
Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate (1927–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karl Alexander Müller (20 April 1927 – 9 January 2023) was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.
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Karl Alexander Müller | |
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Born | (1927-04-20)20 April 1927 Basel, Switzerland |
Died | 9 January 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 95) Zürich, Switzerland |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Known for | High-temperature superconductivity |
Spouse | Ingeborg Marie Louise Winkler (m. 1956; 2 children) |
Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1986) Nobel Prize in Physics (1987) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1987)[1] EPS Europhysics Prize (1988) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | IBM Zürich Research Laboratory University of Zurich Battelle Memorial Institute |
Thesis | Paramagnetische Resonanz von Fe3+ in SrTiO3 Einkristallen (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Georg Busch |
Doctoral students | Georg Bednorz |
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