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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic synthesis. His meticulous approach to el...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work utilizing X-ray crystallography to r...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.6 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is a renowned organic chemist recognized for his pioneering development of “click chemistry.” His res...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.6 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Jennifer A. Doudna is a chemist specializing in biochemistry and genome editing. Her research led to the development of...

Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

9.5 Brilliant

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Frances H. Arnold

Frances H. Arnold is a chemist recognized globally for her groundbreaking work in directed evolution. She developed tech...

Evolution Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

9.4 Excellent

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John B. Goodenough

John B. Goodenough is a chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on lithium-ion battery technology. His research, pr...

Lithium Ion Solid State Batteries Materials

9.4 Excellent

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff was a Dutch chemist influential in physical chemistry during the early 20th century. His wo...

Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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Omar M. Yaghi

Omar M. Yaghi is a prominent chemist specializing in materials science. His research focuses on metal-organic frameworks...

Materials Berkeley Nobel Mof

9.3 Excellent

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Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Carolyn R. Bertozzi is a chemist renowned for pioneering bioorthogonal chemistry. Her work develops reactions that selec...

Stanford Nobel Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry

9.2 Excellent

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Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) was a pioneering American physical chemist. His research fundamentally shaped our understand...

1930S Nobel Surface Chemistry Monolayers

9.2 Excellent

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Susumu Kitagawa

Susumu Kitagawa is a prominent Japanese chemist specializing in materials science. He achieved international recognition...

Kyoto Materials Nobel Mof

9.0 Excellent

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Moungi G. Bawendi

Moungi G. Bawendi is a chemist recognized for his pioneering work in nanochemistry. His development of colloidal quantum...

Mit Materials Nobel Nanochemistry

8.8 Great

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Richard Robson

Richard Robson was a prominent chemist specializing in materials science based in Melbourne. His research significantly...

Materials Melbourne Nobel Mof

8.8 Great

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Dan Shechtman

Dan Shechtman is an Israeli chemist recognized globally for his pioneering work on quasicrystals. These materials posses...

Israel Materials Current Nobel

8.8 Great

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M. Stanley Whittingham

M. Stanley Whittingham is a chemist recognized for his groundbreaking work on rechargeable lithium batteries during the...

Lithium Ion Solid State Batteries Materials

8.7 Great

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Martin Chalfie

Martin Chalfie is a chemist recognized globally for his pivotal role in understanding green fluorescent protein, or GFP....

Biochemistry Columbia Nobel Gfp

8.6 Great

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Harry Kroto

Harry Kroto was a British chemist renowned for pioneering work in nanochemistry. His research focused on carbon allotrop...

British Carbon Nobel Nanochemistry

8.6 Great

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Aleksey Yekimov

Aleksey Yekimov is a chemist specializing in nanochemistry and materials science. He gained recognition for pioneering w...

Glass Materials Nobel Nanochemistry

8.3 Great

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Chad Mirkin

Chad Mirkin (born 1963) is an American chemist at Northwestern University who invented dip-pen nanolithography and spher...

American 21ST Century Materials Nanochemistry

7.9 Good

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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929) was an Austrian physical chemist who developed the ultramicroscope, enabling the vis...

Materials Nobel Early 1900S Colloid Chemistry

7.8 Good