Ben Feringa is a Dutch chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in molecular machines and nanotechnology. His research matters because it opened up new possibilities for creating tiny mechanical devices at the molecular level that could potentially perform useful work in medicine, manufacturing, and other fields.
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Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑz bɛn ˈfeːrɪŋɣaː]; born 18 May 1951) is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist who specializes in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis. He is the Jacobus van 't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen; and an Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Feringa's research on molecular machines was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean-Pierre Sauvage.
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