Manuel Cardona
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is Castro.
Manuel Cardona Castro (7 September 1934 ā 2 July 2014) was a condensed matter physicist. According to the ISI Citations web database, Cardona was one of the eight most cited physicists since 1970.[1] He specialized in solid state physics.[2] Cardona's main interests were in the fields of: Raman scattering (and other optical spectroscopies) as applied to semiconductor microstructures,[3] materials with tailor-made isotopic compositions, and high Tc superconductors, particularly investigations of electronic and vibronic excitations in the normal and superconducting state.[4]
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Manuel Cardona Castro | |
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Born | (1934-09-07)7 September 1934 |
Died | 2 July 2014(2014-07-02) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Fundamentals of semiconductors |
Awards | Franz Isakson Prize (1984) Nevill Mott Medal and Prize (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Solid state physics |
Institutions | Brown University Buenos Aires University Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
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