Dutch university proud of Nobel Prize winner Geim
08 Oct 2010
Radboud University Nijmegen is more than proud of its professor by special appointment Andre Geim who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. He is sharing the prize with Konstantin Novoselov, who earned his PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen.
Special form of carbon
This Nobel Prize was awarded in recognition of the discovery of graphene, a special form of carbon. Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known so far. The special properties of this material were discovered thanks in part to the experimental possibilities offered by the super magnets of the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML) of Radboud University Nijmegen.
Further research
The continuing research at Nijmegen into graphene is being conducted in close collaboration between Nobel Prize winners Geim and Novoselov and theoretical physicist Professor Katsnelson, who has provided the theoretical underpinning of the special properties of graphene.
Important prize
The Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of graphene reflects favourably on Dutch physicists. It is proof of the importance of fundamental research championed by Dutch universities.