Donald M. Eigler

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Donald Eigler with his dogs Neon and Argon (2007)

Donald Mark Eigler , called Don Eigler, (born March 23, 1953 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American experimental solid-state physicist who is a pioneer in nanotechnology .

Life

Eigler studied physics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with a bachelor's degree in 1975 (after which he did research at the University of Cologne in 1975/76 before returning to UCSD) and a doctorate from UCSD in 1984. Als He was a post-doctoral student at Bell Laboratories for two years and then joined IBM in 1986 . He was at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San José . In 2011 he retired from IBM.

In 1989, Eigler was the first to use the scanning tunneling microscope (RTM) to arrange and manipulate atoms on surfaces - he became famous when he arranged the lettering IBM with 35 xenon atoms. The picture made it onto the cover of Nature. In 1991 he demonstrated the construction of bistable switches on the nano level.

In 1993, together with Michael F. Crommie and Christopher Lutz, he was the first to demonstrate Quantum Corrals , a phenomenon from the theory of quantum chaos - the quantum mechanical wave function shows “scars” at places where classic orbits run, for example in the focal points of elliptical billiards , the Eigler built with colleagues using RTM technology. In 2002, he built logic circuits in the nano range (with Andreas J. Heinrich) by manipulating carbon monoxide molecules on copper surfaces.

In 1993 he became an IBM Fellow . In 2010 he received the Kavli Prize , in 2001 the Davisson-Germer Prize and in 1995 the Dannie Heineman Prize . In 1994 he was Alexander Cruikshank Lecturer .

He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , whose Newcomb-Cleveland Prize he received for 1993/94. In 1998 he was named Outstanding Alumnus of the Year at the University of California, San Diego. In 1999 he was the first winner of the Nanoscience Prize . He is an external member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

  • DM Eigler, PS Weiss, EK Schweizer, ND Lang: Imaging Xe with a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope . In: Physical Review Letters . tape 66 , no. 9 , March 4, 1991, pp. 1189-1192 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevLett.66.1189 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ DM Eigler, EK Schweizer: Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunneling microscope . In: Nature . tape 344 , no. 6266 , April 5, 1990, pp. 524-526 , doi : 10.1038 / 344524a0 .
  3. ↑ DM Eigler, CP Lutz, WE Rudge: An atomic switch realized with the scanning tunneling microscope . In: Nature . tape 352 , no. 6336 , August 15, 1991, pp. 600-603 , doi : 10.1038 / 352600a0 .
  4. ^ MF Crommie, CP Lutz, DM Eigler: Confinement of Electrons to Quantum Corrals on a Metal Surface . In: Science . tape 262 , no. 5131 , August 10, 1993, p. 218-220 , doi : 10.1126 / science.262.5131.218 .
  5. ↑ Kenneth Chang: Scientists shrink computing to the molecular level . In: The New York Times . dated October 25, 2002.
personal data
SURNAME Eigler, Donald M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eigler, Donald Mark (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California