Andre Geim

Andre Geim is a Dutch-British physicist who shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments on graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms.

Konstantin Novoselov: A Russian-British physicist who shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments on graphene. Geim and Novoselov isolated graphene together and shared the Nobel Prize.
Mechanical exfoliation: A method for separating thin layers from a layered solid by applying and removing adhesive tape. Geim and Novoselov used repeated exfoliation to isolate graphene from graphite.
University of Manchester: A public research university in Manchester, England. Geim led the Manchester research group where graphene was isolated.
Nobel Prize in Physics: An annual international award recognizing major contributions to physics. The 2010 prize recognized Geim and Novoselov’s experiments on graphene.
Philip Kim: A physicist whose experiments established graphene’s unusual electronic properties. Independent graphene experiments by Kim’s group quickly confirmed the material’s distinctive behavior.
Graphene: A single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice. Graphene was the material at the center of Geim’s prize-winning experiments.
Nijmegen: A city in the eastern Netherlands and home to Radboud University. Geim held a professorship at Radboud University before moving to Manchester.
Two-dimensional materials: Materials consisting of a single layer or a few atomic layers with nanoscale thickness. Graphene’s isolation helped establish atomically thin materials as an experimental research field.
Klaus von Klitzing: A German physicist awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize for discovering the quantized Hall effect. Geim’s graphene measurements connected to the quantum Hall physics von Klitzing discovered.
Quantum Hall effect: The quantization of electrical conductance in a two-dimensional electron system under a magnetic field. Graphene’s unusual quantum Hall behavior provided a striking test of its electronic properties.

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