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Manuel Cardona Castro

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Spanish physicist (1934-2014)

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Manuel Cardona Castro was a Spanish condensed matter physicist. According to the ISI Citations web database, Cardona was one of the eight most cited physicists since 1970. He specialized in solid state physics.

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2010Vernadsky medal
2005honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
2003Matteucci Medal
2002honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University
2001Nevill Mott Medal and Prize
1999Ernst Mach Medal
1998honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University
1997John Wheatley Award
1994Max Planck Research Award
1990National Research Award- Catalonia
1988Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
1987Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
1984Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
1982Narcís Monturiol Medal
1969Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke

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Manuel Cardona Castro was a Spanish condensed matter physicist. According to the ISI Citations web database, Cardona was one of the eight most cited physicists since 1970. He specialized in solid state physics. Cardona's main interests were in the fields of: Raman scattering as applied to semiconductor microstructures, materials with tailor-made isotopic compositions, and high Tc superconductors, particularly investigations of electronic and vibronic excitations in the normal and superconducting state.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1934 to 2014 · aged 79
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