Professor
Ralph George Nuzzo
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chemist; Educator; Company research staff member
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Chemistry
Elected
2005
Discovered and characterized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), which have revolutionized surface science by extending it to include organic and biological materials and systems. Contributions have led to important tools for addressing the physical chemistry of wetting and adhesion as well as for practical microelectronic structures.
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