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Bernd T. Matthias Prize

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The Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is a science award for innovative contributions to the material aspects of superconductivity.

Summary

Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is presented since 1989 by the Bell Labs, created by friends and colleagues of prof. Bernd T. Matthias.

Since 2000, the Prize has been sponsored by the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. The Prize consists of $5,000 USD and a special framed certificate.

List of laureates

Year Name Nationality Citation
1989 Theodore H. Geballe  United States Inaugural Prize.[1]
1991 Hiroshi Maeda
Yoshinori Tokura
 Japan
 Japan
[2]
1994 Chu Ching-wu
Bernard Raveau
Maw-Kuen Wu
 Taiwan
 France
 Taiwan
[3]
1997 Bertram Batlogg
Robert Cava
 Austria
 United States
[3]
2000 M. Brian Maple  United States [3]
2003 Jun Akimitsu  Japan [4]
2006 Frank Steglich  Germany
2009 Yoshiteru Maeno
Hideo Hosono
 Japan
 Japan
[5]
2012 Ivan Bozovic
Dirk Johrendt
James N Eckstein
 United States
 Germany
 United States
[6]
[7]
[8]
2015 Chen Xianhui
Zachary Fisk
Zhao Zhongxian
 China
 United States
 China
2018 Katsuya Shimizu  Japan For his discovery of superconductivity in nonsuperconducting elements under high pressures with a Tc up to 29K.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Department of Applied Physics, Stanford,Theodore H. Geballe".
  2. ^ "sciencewatch,Yoshinori Tokura".
  3. ^ a b c "Bernd Matthias Prize". Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  4. ^ "APS Prof. Jun Akimitsu".
  5. ^ "CV of Yoshiteru Maeno".
  6. ^ "CV of Ivan Bozovic". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  7. ^ "CV of Dirk Johrendt". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  8. ^ "CV of James N Eckstein".
  9. ^ "Winner of Bernd T. Matthias Prize Announced – University of Houston". uh.edu. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-23.

See also