1977Recognition of Anderson Localization

Anderson localization recognised (Nobel prize in 1977, Phili...
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💡 Recognition of Anderson Localization

Anderson localization recognised (Nobel prize in 1977, Philip W. Anderson, Mott, Van Fleck)
Recognition of Anderson Localization (1977)
Solid-State PhysicsAnderson LocalizationCondensed Matter PhysicsDisorder1970sPhilip W. AndersonNobel PrizeQuantum Mechanics
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧲 Discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect

Discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect (1980)
Quantum Hall EffectSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsKlaus von Klitzing1980sQuantum MechanicsElectromagnetismFundamental Physics
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Discovery of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Fractional Quantum Hall EffectSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsQuantum Mechanics1980sPhysicsDaniel TsuiHorst StörmerDiscovery
United StatesUnited States

🥇 Nobel Prize Awarded for High-Temperature Superconductivity

High-temperature superconductivity discovered in 1986, awarded Nobel prize in 1987 (J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander Müller)
Nobel Prize Awarded for High-Temperature Superconductivity (1987)
PhysicsSuperconductivityMaterials ScienceHigh-Temperature SuperconductorsMüllerBednorz1980sSolid-State PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsNobel Prize
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🥇 Topological Order Recognition (Nobel Prize)

Topological order – topological phase transitions and order – recognized (Nobel prize, David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz)
PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsTopological OrderPhase TransitionsNobel PrizeDavid J. ThoulessF. Duncan M. HaldaneJ. Michael Kosterlitz
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States