Nobel prize 2010 Physics Nobel prize 2010

1. Assignment
Topic: Nobel Prize in physics 2010
Course Name: Electricity, Magnetism and Modern Physics
Course Code: Phy-123
Submitted to:
Lecturer, Department of natural science
Faculty of science and Technology
Daffodil International University
Submitted by:
MD. Asaduzzaman
ID NO: 151-15-337
Sec: UC-(A)
Batch: 1.2

2. Sir Andre Konstantin Geim
FRS, HonFRSC, HonFInstP (born 21 October 1958) is a
Soviet-born Dutch-British physicist working in the School
of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly
with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graphene.He
is Regus Professor of Physics and Royal Society Research

3. Professor at the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and
Nanotechnology.
In addition to the 2010 Nobel Prize, he received an Ig
Nobel Prize in 2000 for using the magnetic properties of
water scaling to levitate a small frog with magnets. This
makes him the first, and thus far only, person to receive
both the prestigious science award and its tongue-in-
cheek equivalent.
Education:
Andre Geim was born to Konstantin Alekseyevich Geim and Nina
Nikolayev a Bayer in Sochi on 21 October 1958. Both his parents
were engineers of German origin. In 1965, the family moved
to Nalchik, Russia, where he studied at a high school.
After graduation, he applied to the Moscow Engineering Physics
Institute. He took the entrance exams twice, but attributes his
failure to qualify to discrimination on account of his German
ethnicity.
He then applied to the Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology(MIPT), where he was accepted. He said that at the
time he would not have chosen to study solid-state physics,
preferring particle physics or astrophysics, but is now happy with
his choice. He received a diploma (MSc degree equivalent) from
MIPT in 1982 and candidate (PhD equivalent) degree in metal

4. physics in 1987 from the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) at
the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in Chernogolovka .
Academic career:
After earning his PhD with Victor Petrashov , Geim worked
as a research scientist at the Institute for Microelectronics
Technology (IMT) at RAS, and from 1990 as a post-
doctoral fellow at the universities
of Nottingham (twice), Bath, and Copenhagen. He said
that while at Nottingham he could spend his time on
research rather than "swimming through Soviet
treacle", and determined to leave Russia.
He obtained his first tenured position in 1994, when he
was appointed associate professor at Radboud University
Nijmegen, where he did work
on mesoscopic superconductivity. He later gained Dutch
citizenship. One of his doctoral students at Nijmegen
wasKonstantin Novoselov, who went on to become his
main research partner. However, Geim has said that he
had an unpleasant time during his academic career in the
Netherlands. He was offered professorships at Nijmegen
and Eindhoven, but turned them down as he found the
Dutch academic system too hierarchical and full of petty
politicking. "This can be pretty unpleasant at times," he
says. "It's not like the British system where every staff
member is an equal quantity." On the other hand, Geim
writes in his Nobel lecture that "In addition, the situation

5. was a bit surreal because outside the university walls I
received a warm-hearted welcome from everyone around,
including Jan Kees and other academics." (Prof. Jan Kees
Man was the research boss of Geim during his time at
Redbud University Nijmegen).
In 2001 he became a professor of physics at
the University of Manchester, and was appointed director
of the Manchester Centre for Miso science and
Nanotechnology in 2002. Geim's wife and long-standing
co-author, Irina Grigorieva, also moved to Manchester as
a lecturer in 2001. The same year, they were joined by
Novoselov who moved to Manchester from Nijmegen,
which awarded him a PhD in 2004.
Geim served as Lang worthy Professor between 2007 and
2013, leaving this endowed professorship to Dr Novoselov
in 2012. Also, between 2007 and 2010 Geim was
an EPSRC Senior Research Fellow before becoming one
of Royal Society Research Professors. In 2010 Redbud
University Nijmegen appointed him professor of innovative
materials and Nano science, extending Geim's long list of
honorary professorships.

6. Research:
Geim's achievements include the discovery of a simple
method for isolating single atomic layers of graphite,
known as graphene, in collaboration with researchers at
the University of Manchester and IMT. The team
published their findings in October 2004 in Science.
Graphene consists of one-atom-thick layers of carbon
atoms arranged in two-dimensional hexagons and is the
thinnest material in the world, as well as one of the
strongest and hardest .The material has many potential
applications and is considered a superior alternative to
silicon.
Geim said one of the first applications of graphene could
be in the development of flexible touchscreens, and that
he has not patented the material because he would need
a specific application and an industrial partner.
"Spider-Man test" of gecko tape

7. Geim was involved in the development of a biomimetic
adhesive which became known as gecko tape—so called
because of the adhesiveness of gecko feet—research of
which is still in the early stages.[50] It is hoped that the
development will eventually allow humans to scale
ceilings, like Spider-Man.
Geim's research in 1997 into the possible effects of
magnetism on water scaling led to the famous discovery
of direct diamagnetic levitation of water, and led to a
frog being levitated .For this experiment, he and Michael
Berry received the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize. "We were asked
first whether we dared to accept this prize, and I take
pride in our sense of humor and self-deprecation that we
did".
Geim has also carried out research on mesoscopic
physics and superconductivity.
He said of the range of subjects he has studied: "Many
people choose a subject for their PhD and then continue
the same subject until they retire. I despise this
approach. I have changed my subject five times before I

8. got my first tenured position and that helped me to learn
different subjects."
Geim's research has been funded by the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) .
He named his favorite hamster, H.A.M.S. ter Tisa , co-
author in a 2001 research paper.
Nobel Prize in Physics: 2015
On 5 October 2010, Geim was awarded the
2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Novoselov
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-
dimensional material graphene”.
Upon hearing of the award he said, "I'm fine, I
slept well. I didn't expect the Nobel Prize this
year", and that his plans for the day would not
change.
The lecture for the award took place on 8 December
2010 at Stockholm University. He said he hopes that
graphene and other two-dimensional crystals will

9. change everyday life as plastics did for humanity. A
colleague of Geim said that his award shows that
people can still win a Nobel by "mucking about in a
lab". The award made him the first person to win, as
an individual, both a Nobel Prize and an Ig Nobel
Prize. On winning both a Nobel and Ig Nobel, he has
stated that
"Frankly, I value both my Ig Nobel prize and Nobel
prize at the same level and for me Ig Nobel prize
was the manifestation that I can take jokes, a little bit
of self-deprecation always helps."
Geim was one of 38 Nobel laureates who signed a
declaration in 2010 issued by Scholars for Peace in
the Middle East condemning international attempts
to boycott Israeli academics, institutions, and
research centers.
Honors and awards:
Magnetically levitating a live frog, an experiment that earned Geim and Michael
Berry the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize

10. Geim shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize in physics with
Michael Berry for the frog experiment. In 2006 he
appeared on the Scientific American50. The Institute
of Physics awarded him the 2007 Mott Medal and
Prize "for his discovery of a new class of materials—
free-standing two-dimensional crystals—in particular
graphene".Geim was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Society (FRS) in 2007. His certificate of election
reads:
“ Geim's research is notable for its internationally-
recognized quality, originality and breadth. He has
recently discovered a conceptually new class of materials
strictly two-dimensional atomic crystals, including
graphene. This has opened up a prolific research area
including a new paradigm of "relativistic-like condensed
matter", where relativistic quantum physics can be
studied in a bench-top experiment. Previously, Geim
pioneered ballistic Hall micromagnetometry and
discovered a paramagnetic Meissner effect and new
vortex physics in superconductors. He has also realized
a micro fabricated adhesive, based on the gecko's
climbing mechanism, now being exploited
by DuPont, BAe and TESA. His experiments at Nijmegen
on magnetic levitation attracted worldwide media
attention and stimulated international research in this
field. His earlier research on microscopic physics
included studies of non-local and interaction phenomena,
and of the quantum motion of electrons in periodic and
random magnetic fields. He disseminates science to the
public and schoolchildren through broadcasts and
"roadshow" lectures. ”

11. He shared the 2008 Euro Physics Prize with Novoselov
"for discovering and isolating a single free-standing atomic
layer of carbon (graphene) and elucidating its remarkable
electronic properties ".In 2009 he received the Körber
European Science Award. The US National Academy of
Sciences honored him with the 2010 John J. Carty Award
for the Advancement of Science "for his experimental
realization and investigation of graphene, the two-
dimensional form of carbon". He was awarded one of six
Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professorships.
The Royal Society added its 2010 Hughes Medal "for his
revolutionary discovery of graphene and elucidation of its
remarkable properties". He was awarded honorary
doctorates from Delft University of Technology, ETH
Zürich the University of Antwerp and the University of
Manchester. In 2010, Geim was appointed as Knight
Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his
contribution to Dutch Science. He is Honorary Professor of
Moscow Phys-Tech, Honorary Professor of the University
of Nijmegen, Honorary Fellow of the Institute of
Physics (HonFInstP), Honorary Fellow of the Royal
Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC), Honorary Fellow
of Singapore Institute of Physics, Honorary Professor of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Geim was furthermore
made a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 New Year
Honours for services to science. He was elected a foreign
associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in May
2012and awarded the Copley Medal in 2013.
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