Shoucheng Zhang
Chinese American physicist (1963-2018) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 55
Shoucheng Zhang was a Chinese-American physicist who was the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University. He was a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators, the quantum Hall effect, the quantum spin Hall effect, spintronics, and high-temperature superconductivity.
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According to the National Academy of Sciences:He discovered a new state of matter called topological insulator in which electrons can conduct along the edge without dissipation, enabling a new generation of electronic devices with much lower power consumption. For this ground breaking work he received numerous international awards, including the Buckley Prize, the Dirac Medal and Prize, the Europhysics Prize, the Physics Frontiers Prize and the Benjamin Franklin Medal.
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Aleksandr PolyakovBoth received Physics Frontiers Prize
Xue QikunBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Michele ParrinelloBoth received ICTP Dirac MedalAlexander ZamolodchikovBoth received ICTP Dirac Medal
Song-Chun ZhuBoth received Thousand Talents Program