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AWARDS

2011 Nobel Chemistry Prize - Daniel Shechtman

2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

Winner's Name

Daniel Shechtman

Awarded

October 5, 2011

Awarding Organization

Nobel Foundation

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman -
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel "for the discovery of quasicrystals."

NIST Colleagues Congratulate Shechtman on Nobel Chemistry Prize

Chemistry