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Gerd Binnig | |
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_2.jpg) Binnig in 2013 | |
| Born | 20 July 1947 |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Known for | Scanning tunneling microscope Scanning probe microscopy Atomic force microscope |
| Awards | Klung Wilhelmy Science Award (1983) EPS Europhysics Prize (1984) King Faisal Prize (1984) Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) The Elliott Cresson Medal (1987) Kavli Prize (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | IBM Zurich Research Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Werner Martienssen Eckhardt Hoenig |
| Doctoral students | Franz Josef Giessibl |
Gerd Binnig (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈbɪnɪç] ⓘ; born 20 July 1947[1]) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.[2]
- ^ "Gerd Binnig – Biographical". Nobel Media AB. 1986. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 – Press Release". Nobel Media AB. 15 October 1986. Retrieved 1 January 2014.