Bernd T. Matthias

American physicist (1918-1980) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 62

Bernd T. Matthias was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties. He was said to have discovered more elements and compounds with superconducting properties than any other scientist.

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1980Died27 October 19801979James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAward1970Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward1964John Price Wetherill MedalAward1918Born8 June 1918

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