Thomas Ebbesen

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Thomas W. Ebbesen (born January 30, 1954 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian physical chemist .

Life

Thomas Ebbesen received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in Ohio and a Ph.D. at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris in the field of photophysical chemistry. He then worked at the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory (NDRL) in the United States and then moved to the NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories in Japan in 1988 . There he investigated the new carbon materials such as fullerenes (C 60 ), graphenes and carbon nanotubes . After it became possible to produce carbon nanotubes in large quantities, he and colleagues determined some of their unique properties. For this he received the EuroPhysics Prize of the European Physical Society in 2001 together with Sumio Iijima , Cees Dekker and Paul McEuen .

During his work at the NEC Laboratories, Ebbesen discovered a new optical phenomenon: small holes in opaque metal films, the diameter of which is smaller than the wavelength of the incident light, showed an increase in light transmission through the holes and a filter effect with respect to the wavelength. The cause was interactions with electronic resonances on the surface of the thin metal film. The effect (Extraordinary Optical Transmission, EOT), which was theoretically unexpected and surprising for the experts, could be controlled by the size and geometry of the holes and promises applications in optoelectronics, chemical sensors and biophysics. With his research results, Ebbesen is considered one of the pioneers in the nanosciences and is currently a professor at the University of Strasbourg .

Ebbesen is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences , the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts and the French Academy of Sciences , among others .

Awards

literature

  • TW Ebbesen, PM Ajayan: Large scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes. In: Nature . Volume 358, 1992, p. 220
  • E. Dujardin, TW Ebbesen, H. Hiura, K. Tanigaki: Capillarity and wetting of carbon nanotubes. In: Science . Volume 265, 1994, p. 1850
  • MMJ Treacy, TW Ebbesen and JM Gibson: Exceptionally High Young's Modulus Observed for Individual Carbon Nanotubes. In: Nature. Volume 381, 1996, p. 678
  • TW Ebbesen, HJ Lezec , HF Ghaemi, T. Thio, PA Wolff: Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays. In: Nature. Volume 391, 1998, p. 667
  • C. Genet, TW Ebbesen: Light in Tiny Holes. In: Nature. Volume 445, 2007, p. 39

Web links

Commons : Thomas Ebbesen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genet, Ebbesen Light in tiny holes , Nature, Volume 445, 2007, pp. 39-46, PMID 17203054
  2. ↑ KVAB class Natuurwetenschappen (Buitenlandse Leden): kvab.be
  3. ^ Alain Aspect and Thomas Ebbesen, récompensés par la Société européenne de physique. Retrieved September 28, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Honorary doctorate Oberlin College for Thomas Ebbesen. May 25, 2015, accessed November 6, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Bernard Derrida, Thomas Ebbesen, Antoine Georges et Clément Sanchez, nommés au grade de chevalier dans l'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 6, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ Ilse Frederickx: Light in a different light: nanoscientist Thomas Ebbesen. KU Leuwen, February 2, 2018, accessed on November 6, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Quinquennial ANNIVERSARY AWARD - Thomas W. Ebbesen. European Materials Research Society, accessed November 6, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Les lauréats 2018. Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, accessed on November 6, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ebbesen, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ebbesen, Thomas W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian physical chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo