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Erwin Wilhelm Müller
German American physicist and inventor (1911-1977) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 65
Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope (FEEM), the Field Ion Microscope (FIM), and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. He and his student, Kanwar Bahadur, were the first people to experimentally observe atoms.
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1977Died17 May 19771976National Medal of ScienceAward1975Honorary Doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1Award1972Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface PhysicsAward1970John Scott AwardAward1968Centenary PrizeAward1964Howard N. Potts MedalAward1952Carl Friedrich Gauss MedalAward1911Born13 June 1911
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About this person
Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1977 · aged 65
The same award as Erwin
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William HapperBoth received Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
Ernst G. BauerBoth received Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics