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Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on chemical processes that happen on solid surfaces. His research has been important for understanding reactions that are crucial to industries like fertilizer production and pollution control.
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- 1936-10-10
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- 7
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- Engineering of Chemical Complexity II
- Engineering of Chemical Complexity
- Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Environmental Catalysis
- Reactions at Solid Surfaces
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Gerhard Ertl ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʔɛʁtl̩] ; born 10 October 1936) is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
His work has paved the way for development of cleaner energy sources and will guide the development of fuel cells, said Astrid Graslund, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.
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1936 birthsAcademic staff of LMU MunichAcademic staff of the Free University of BerlinAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinCommons link from WikidataForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesGerman ChristiansGerman Nobel laureatesGerman physical chemistsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners