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Ahmed Hassan Zewail (1946–2016)
Author(s) -
Thomas John Meurig
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201607723
Subject(s) - femtosecond , art history , heaven , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , art , laser , optics , materials science , literature
Ahmed Hassan Zewail, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, and Director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology passed away on August 2, 2016. Zewail, who was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, introduced femtosecond laser techniques and 4D electron microscopy that revolutionized chemistry and related sciences.