Archive item details
| Repository |
GB 117 The Royal Society
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Item
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| Ref No |
EC/2007/16
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| Title |
Geim, Andre Konstantin
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| Description |
Certificate of Election
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| Citation |
Geim's research is notable for its internationally-recognised quality, originality and breadth. He has recently discovered a conceptually new class of materials ? strictly two-dimensional atomic crystals, including graphene. This has opened up a prolific research area including a new paradigm of "relativistic-like condensed matter", where relativistic quantum physics can be studied in a bench-top experiment. Previously, Geim pioneered ballistic Hall micromagnetometry and discovered a paramagnetic Meissner effect and new vortex physics in superconductors. He has also realised a microfabricated adhesive, based on the gecko's climbing mechanism, now being exploited by DuPont, BAe and TESA. His experiments at Nijmegen on magnetic levitation attracted worldwide media attention and stimulated international research in this field. His earlier research on mesoscopic physics included studies of non-local and interaction phenomena, and of the quantum motion of electrons in periodic and random magnetic fields. He disseminates science to the public and schoolchildren through broadcasts and "roadshow" lectures.
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| Access Status |
Closed
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