Nobelprize 2010 for graphene research Geim and Novoselov
05 October 2010 by M&CAndre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 for their groundbreaking research into two-dimensional graphene. Andre Geim, who is a Dutch national, received an honorary doctorate from TU Delft in 2008. He is currently working at the University of Manchester and previously worked at Radboud University Nijmegen. Konstantin Novoselov also has links with the Netherlands: he obtained his doctorate in Nijmegen. TU Delft’s Kavli Institute is conducting extensive research into graphene, in cooperation with the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM).
Andre Geim previously won the Ig Nobel Prize - a parody of the Nobel Prize awarded for improbable but thought-provoking research – and is one of the few who can claim to have won both awards.
Best illustration
TU Delft researcher and FOM programme leader Lieven Vandersypen is enthusiastic about the award: “This is wonderful news! Geim and Novoselov are exceptionally creative researchers and their work on graphene is the best illustration of this. They were the first to succeed in applying graphene to a substrate and they achieved this by peeling off thin layers of graphene using a simple piece of adhesive tape.
Sticky tape
After their ‘sticky tape breakthrough’, Geim and Novoselov continued to lead the way in their field. Time and again, they’ve come up with fascinating and relevant experiments. It’s a joy to behold. They shared their sticky-tape method with anyone who wanted to learn it, and in addition to the extremely interesting properties of the new material, the ease with which we can make graphene has sparked a genuine explosion of activity.
Applications
These days over 50 publications appear each week with graphene in the title, and companies such as Samsung and IBM are hard at work studying the possible applications in electronics, touch screens, LCDs and so on. It remains to be seen just how many of these applications will see the light of day. In that respect, you could say that this Nobel Prize has been awarded sooner than I’d expected, but I’m still delighted about it. From our point of view, it represents a major boost to our work on graphene and beyond in the wider field of mesoscopic physics."
More information
Read more information on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010
Graphene research in Delta
Information about graphene research at FOM
Information about Geim on kennislink
Website Kavli Instutite for Nanoscience
Media exporsure
Above news was picked up by a host national and regional newspapers.
Please have a look at the overview of the media exposure (only in Dutch).
