Bernard Theodor Matthias | |
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| Born | June 8, 1918 |
| Died | October 27, 1980 (aged 62) La Jolla, California, US |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Known for | Matthias rules |
| Spouse | Joan Trapp Matthias |
| Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize elected member of NAS elected fellow of AAAS APS Prize for New Materials |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Solid state physics |
| Institutions | UC San Diego Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Chicago MIT Bell Labs |
| Thesis | Ueber den piezoelektrisch bedingten ΔE-Effekt der Seignetteelektrika (1943) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Scherrer[1] |
| Other academic advisors | Arthur R. von Hippel |
| Doctoral students | Paul Ching Wu Chu M. Brian Maple |
Bernd T. Matthias (June 8, 1918 – October 27, 1980[1]) was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties.[2][3] He was said to have discovered more elements and compounds with superconducting properties than any other scientist.[4]
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