William E. Moerner
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William E. Moerner is an American chemical physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his work in chemistry. His research has made significant contributions to the field of chemistry and physics, which is why he received one of the world's most prestigious scientific awards.
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- 1953-06-24
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- Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning
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- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,303x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
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William Esco Moerner, also known as W. E. Moerner, (born June 24, 1953) is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules. He is credited with achieving the first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases, along with his postdoc, Lothar Kador. Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become a widely used single-molecule experiment in chemistry, physics and biology. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Bacteria-3D-Double-Helix.This image shows 3D super-resolution imaging of Caulobacter crescentus bacteria cell surfaces (gray) and a labeled protein (CreS, orange-red) obtained using the double-helix single-molecule active control microscopy technique.
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1953 births1957 establishments in CaliforniaAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of German descentAmerican physical chemistsAmerican spectroscopistsChemical physicistsCornell University alumniFellows of Optica (society)Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science