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Born(1953-03-23)March 23, 1953
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alma materUniversity of California San Diego
Known forFirst to move and precisely control a single atom
AwardsKavli Prize in Nanoscience (2010), Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics (2001), Dannie-Heineman Prize (1995), Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1993)
Scientific career
InstitutionsIBM Almaden Research Center, Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic Studies

Donald M. "Don" Eigler is an American physicist associated with the IBM Almaden Research Center before founding the Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic Studies. He is noted for his achievements in nanotechnology. Notably, he and Erhard K. Schweizer are the first people to move and precisely control a single atom.[1] He is a fellow of the American Physical Society,[2] American Association for the Advancement of Science, and IBM. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences in applied physical sciences and physics,[3] Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Max Planck Society,[4] and the United States National Academy of Sciences.

Early life and education

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Growing up, Don spent a lot of his time designing and building various gadgets and tried to get them to work.[5] Majoring in physics, he graduated from the University of California San Diego for his undergrad and doctorate degrees in 1975 and 1984, respectively.

Career

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Donald did his postdoctoral work at AT&T Bell Labs for two years. He then joined IBM in 1986 as a research staff member and stayed with IBM for the majority of his career. His research was focused on understanding the physics of nanometer-scale structures and their applications to computers.[4] He is best known for manipulating 35 individual xenon atoms with a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in 1989. Moving atoms one by one, he famously spelled out the letters "IBM".[5] Eigler's 1989 research, along with Erhard K. Schweizer, involved a new use of the scanning tunneling microscope, which had been invented in the mid 1980s by Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, also of IBM. The microscope had previously been used for atomic-resolution imaging, but this was the first time it had been used as an active technique, to precisely position individual atoms on a surface. The technique requires vacuum conditions and ultra-cold temperatures achieved by liquid helium cooling, and was featured on the cover of the journal Nature. At the time, it was seen as a potential first step towards applications in mechanosynthesis, where chemical reactions could be manipulated one molecule at a time.[6][7]

He was the founding leader of the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Project at IBM’s Almaden Research Center. The group is credited with discovery of the quantum mirage effect, demonstrated a new way to transport information through a solid, created nanometer-scale logic circuits based on molecular cascades, and invented a new technique to study the magnetic properties of nanometer-scale structures; spin excitation spectroscopy.[8] His group also created the first quantum corrals,[9] which are well-defined quantum wave patterns of small numbers of atoms, and nanoscale logic circuits using individual molecules of carbon monoxide. He shared the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience with Nadrian Seeman for these breakthroughs.[10]

Don was named an IBM Fellow in 1993, the highest technical honor in the IBM Corporation,[11] and retired from IBM in 2011[8] to found the Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic Studies.[12][13]

Personal life

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Outside of his scientific pursuits, Don is as a service dog trainer. The canines he trains assist people with mobility impairments.[8][14] He also is a surfer, backpacker, and rebuilds cars as a hobby.[15] He lives in Santa Cruz with his wife and their two dogs.[5]

Honors and awards

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Donald has been appointed multiple honorary lectureships, including the Loeb Lectureship at Harvard University and the Bethe Lectureship at Cornell University. He has an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Delft, serves on multiple advisory boards including the Center for Quantum Nanoscience,[16] Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology,[9] and is a founding member of the Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic.[8][17]

Selected publications

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  1. Eigler, Donald; Schweizer, Erhard K. (5 April 1990). "Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope". Nature: 524–526. doi:10.1038/344524a0.
  2. Crommie, M. F.; Lutz, Christopher P; Eigler, Donald M. (8 October 1993). "Confinement of Electrons to Quantum Corrals on Metal Surface". Science. 262 (5131): 218–220. doi:10.1126/science.262.5131.218.
  3. Crommie, M. F.; Lutz, Christopher P; Eigler, Donald M. (10 June 1993). "Imaging Standing Waves in a Two-dimensional Electron Gas". Nature. 363 (6429): 524–527. doi:10.1038/363524a0.
  4. Stroscio, J. A.; Eigler, Donald M. (29 November 1991). "Atomic and Molecular Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope". Science. 254 (5036): 1319–1326. doi:10.1126/science.254.5036.1319.
  5. Manoharan, M. C.; Lutz, Christopher P.; Eigler, Donald M. (3 February 2000). "Quantum Mirages Formed by Coherent Projection of Electronic Structure". Nature. 403 (6769): 512–515. doi:10.1038/35000508.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Eigler, Donald; Schweizer, Erhard K. (5 April 1990). "Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope". Nature: 524–526. doi:10.1038/344524a0.
  2. ^ Don Eigler (18 February 2011). TEDxCaltech - Don Eigler - Moving Atoms, one-by-one. Caktech: YouTube. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Let me tel lyou something baout myself. I am a card carrying physicist. And I wouldnt say that unless I could back it up. Here it is; proof that I am a member of the American Physical Society.
  3. ^ "Member Directory: Donald M. Eigler". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Biographical Sketch: Don Eigler: The Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic Studies" (PDF). University of Warwick. Summer 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Meet a Scientist: Don Eigler". Nanooze. Retrieved 3 June 2020. As a kid I was always designing and building gizmos and trying to make them work. Now that I am an adult (ha ha ha) the only difference is that people pay me to do it! I am gizmologist with a love of nature and an unquenchable curiosity about how nature works. I guess that makes me scientist?
  6. ^ Browne, Malcolm W. (5 April 1990). "2 Researchers Spell 'I.B.M.,' Atom by Atom". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  7. ^ "A New Role for the STM". Science. 250 (4986): 1340–1341. 1990. doi:10.1126/science.250.4986.1340-a.
  8. ^ a b c d "Bio: Don Eigler". Nano/Bio Interface Center. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Don Eigler". IBM. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  10. ^ "2010 Nanoscience Prize Explanatory Notes". Kavli Foundation. 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Don Eigler". Talking Nano. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Big names in tech coming to San Jose for 20th Visionary Awards". Bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Getting Ready!". SailBlogs. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  14. ^ a b Micaela Youmans (2017). "Meet the Visionaries: Don Eigler – The Maestro of the Miniscule". Silicon Valley Forum. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Donald Eigler: IBM Almaden Research Center, United States of America". The Kavli Prize. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Advisory Board". Center for Quantum Nanoscience. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Biographical Sketch: Don Eigler: The Wetnose Institute for Advanced Pelagic Studies" (PDF). University of Warwick. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Don Eigler visits our labs". University of Warwick. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  19. ^ "2010 Nanoscience Prize Explanatory Notes". The Kavli Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  20. ^ "2001 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Don Eigler: »Nanotechnology. Shaping the world at the atomic scale«". ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. 5 April 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Quantum Frontiers lecture series: Don Eigler". University of Waterloo. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Preisträger". Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Don Eigler: Moving Atoms, one-by-one". TEDxCaltech. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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