Heinrich Rohrer | |
|---|---|
 Heinrich Rohrer in 2008 | |
| Born | 6 June 1933[1] Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Died | 16 May 2013 (aged 79) Wollerau, Switzerland |
| Known for | Scanning tunneling microscope[1] Scanning probe microscopy |
| Awards | EPS Europhysics Prize (1984) King Faisal Prize (1984) Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) Elliott Cresson Medal (1987) Fritz London Memorial Lecture (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara Tohoku University |
Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst Ruska.[2][3][4][5] The Heinrich Rohrer Medal is presented triennially by the Surface Science Society of Japan with IBM Research – Zurich, Swiss Embassy in Japan, and Ms. Rohrer in his memory.[6][7] The medal is not to be confused with the Heinrich Rohrer Award presented at the Nano Seoul 2020 conference.[8]
- ^ a b Gerber, Christoph (2013). "Heinrich Rohrer (1933–2013) Co-inventor of the scanning tunnelling microscope". Nature. 499 (7456): 30–31. Bibcode:2013Natur.499...30G. doi:10.1038/499030a. PMID 23823788.
- ^ Heinrich Rohrer on Nobelprize.org , accessed 20 April 2020 including the Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1986 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy – From Birth to Adolescence
- ^ Weiss, P. S. (2013). "Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (1933–2013), Founding Father of Nanotechnology". ACS Nano. 7 (6): 4693. doi:10.1021/nn402978h. PMID 23799298.
- ^ Weiss, P. S. (2007). "A Conversation withDr. Heinrich Rohrer: STM Co-inventor and One of the Founding Fathers of Nanoscience". ACS Nano. 1 (1): 3–5. doi:10.1021/nn7001294. PMID 19203123.
- ^ Robinson, A. L. (1986). "Electron Microscope Inventors Share Nobel Physics Prize: Ernst Ruska built the first electron microscope in 1931; Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer developed the scanning tunneling microscope 50 years later". Science. 234 (4778): 821–822. Bibcode:1986Sci...234..821R. doi:10.1126/science.234.4778.821. PMID 17758103.
- ^ "The Heinrich Rohrer Medal". Heinrich Rohrer Medal. Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Heinrich Rohrer Medal". The 9th International Symposium on Surface Science. Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Leadership And Development Award". Nano Seoul 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
Nano Seoul 2020 appreciates the effort of gathering the professionals by presenting a Heinrich Rohrer Award.
