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Karl Alexander Müller
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Swiss physicist (1927–2023)
Karl Alexander Müller was a Swiss physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 for his discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, a breakthrough that opened new possibilities for practical applications of superconducting materials. His work fundamentally changed the field of physics by demonstrating that superconductivity could occur at much higher temperatures than previously thought possible, making it more feasible for real-world technological uses.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics1987
“for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Family name
- Müller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- superconductivity
- Doctoral student
- Georg Bednorz
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Karl Alexander Mueller.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Karl Alexander Müller
- date of birth
- 1927-00-00
- Erdős number
- 9
- different from
- Karl Müller
- date of death
- 2023-01-09
- name in native language
- Karl Alexander Müller
- interested in
- physics
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Chur
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Alexander Müller (20 April 1927 – 9 January 2023) was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.
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