This year’s CNRS Gold Medal, one of France’s most prestigious scientific prize, has been awarded to the Franco-Norwegian physical chemist Thomas Ebbesen. He specializes in nanosciences, a cross-disciplinary field that covers a variety of scientific areas that include carbon materials, optics, nano-photonics and molecular chemistry. His discoveries have notably enabled technological … Continue Reading ››
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Awards and honors 2019
Thomas Ebbesen awarded the CNRS Gold Medal for 2019
This year’s CNRS Gold Medal, one of France’s most prestigious scientific prize, has been awarded to the Franco-Norwegian physical chemist Thomas Ebbesen. He specializes in nanosciences, a cross-disciplinary field that covers a variety of scientific areas that include carbon materials, optics, … Continue Reading ››
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 for Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage of ISIS
BREAKING NEWS!
Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir. Fraser Stoddart, and Prof. Ben Feringa have just been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the design and synthesis of molecular machines!
more info to follow soon: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2016/
Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie 2014 (Prof. Sauvage)
The Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie 2014 has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage for “exceptional contributions to the development of catenanes, unique chemical species that can be used for producing molecular motors”. Click here for more information.
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Prof. Ebbesen awarded Kavli prize!
THOMAS W. EBBESEN – Physical chemist and director of the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, Strasbourg, France. Upending accepted theory, he discovered that light could be transmitted very efficiently through holes smaller than its own wavelength with the involvement of surface plasmons, the interaction of light with electron waves on metal … Continue Reading ››