Nobel laureate in physics coming to KTH
This year’s Nobel laureate in physics, Konstantin Novoselov, will be visiting KTH in Kista, on December 8 to give a lecture. Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize with Andre Geimer for the discovery of the new super material graphene.
Visiting Professor Max Lemme, also a researcher of graphene, will be hosting the visit:
“We are delighted to welcome “Kostya” here in Kista. He was only about 30 when he carried out the experiments that led to the Nobel Prize, so his experience should be an inspiration to all students who are pursuing research in science and technology,” he says.
The first theories on graphene were presented in the 1940’s, but the breakthrough came only in 2004 when experiments were able to confirm the theories. Andre Geimer and Konstantin Novoselov at Manchester University managed to produce a wafer of the material from carbon, the equivalent of an atom in thickness.
Through its ability to both allow light through and at the same time be electrically conductive, graphene is suitable for use in transparent touch panels, light panels and possibly even solar cells.
Nestled in plastics, graphene can make plastic materials become electrically conductive and also more resistant to heat and mechanical stress. Its durability can be used for new super-strong materials, which will also be thin, elastic and light. Satellites, aircraft and cars in the future could be built by these new composite materials.
The President of KTH Peter Gudmundsson will be introducing Konstantin Novoselov when visiting Kista.
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Christer Gummeson