Brown University physics department revels in colleague's Nobel win

Record ID: 84906

  • Title: Brown University physics department revels in colleague's Nobel win
  • Date: 4th October 2016
  • Summary: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 4, 2016) (REUTERS) PHYSICS DEPARTMENT CLASSROOM AT BROWN UNIVERSITY SCREEN READING (English): '2016 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS, CONGRATULATIONS PROFESSOR MIKE KOSTERLITZ' PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (English) BROWN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN, GANG XIAO, SAYING: "His work allows us to develop new materials for the next generation of electronic devices beyond the next 10 years because the semi-conductor devices that we are familiar with now, eventually will run its course and then we'll have to find new materials, and he opens the door for us to develop this kind of materials." STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM PROFESSOR TEACHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) BROWN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS PROFESSOR, SEE-CHEN YING, SAYING: "Of course it's very exciting, and I think it's long overdue because since he did this work so early and he's been working in this area for a long time, we all think that the work deserves a prize. But you never know because there's an exciting discovery everywhere. So every year we sort of start thinking, is this the year or not? Personally I think it's long overdue, and we're all excited for him and happy for him." PROFESSOR STUDENTS PROFESSOR WRITING ON CHALKBOARD STUDENTS NOTEBOOK VARIOUS OF STUDENTS
  • Embargoed: 19th October 2016 17:42
  • Keywords: Brown Kosterlitz physics win Nobel
  • Location: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES
  • City: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Science
  • Reuters ID: LVA00152LCMYV
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  • Story Text: Three British-born scientists won this year's Nobel Prize for Physics for their studies of unusual states of matter, and discoveries that could open up new applications in electronics.
    David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, who all now work at U.S. universities, share the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin materials.
    Kosterlitz's colleagues at Brown University congratulated the Nobel prize winner. Kosterlitz is a physics professor at Brown.
    "His work allows us to develop new materials for the next generation of electronic devices beyond the next 10 years because the semi-conductor devices that we are familiar with now, eventually will run its course and then we'll have to find new materials and he opens the door for us to develop this kind of materials," said Gang Xiao, chairman of Brown University's physics department.
    "Since he did this work so early and he's been working in this area for a long time, we all think that the work deserves a prize. But you never know because there's an exciting discovery everywhere. So every year we sort of start thinking, is this the year or not? Personally I think it's long overdue, and we're all excited for him and happy for him," said See-Chen Ying, Brown University professor of physics.
    The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says their discoveries could be applied to the development of electronics and superconductors or future quantum computers.
    Thouless was awarded half the prize of 8 million Swedish crown ($937,000 USD). Haldane and Kosterlitz divided the other half of the prize.
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