Bernd T. Matthias
Bernd T. Matthias (June 8, 1918 – October 27, 1980) was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties. He was said to have discovered more elements and compounds with superconducting properties than any other scientist.
Bernard Theodor Matthias | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Other academic advisors | Arthur R. von Hippel |
| Doctoral students | Paul Ching Wu Chu M. Brian Maple |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.