Dan Shechtman
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Dan Shechtman is an Israeli materials scientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of quasicrystals, which revolutionized crystallography.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan Shechtman canonical | 6 |
| Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman | 1 |
| Shechtman | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Shechtman Context triple: [Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics, hasNotableLaureates, Dan Shechtman]
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A.
Herbert A. Hauptman
Herbert A. Hauptman was an American mathematician and crystallographer renowned for developing direct methods for determining crystal structures, work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
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C.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
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E.
M. Stanley Whittingham
M. Stanley Whittingham is a British-American chemist renowned as a pioneer of lithium-ion battery technology, work that earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Shechtman Target entity description: Dan Shechtman is an Israeli materials scientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of quasicrystals, which revolutionized crystallography.
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A.
Herbert A. Hauptman
Herbert A. Hauptman was an American mathematician and crystallographer renowned for developing direct methods for determining crystal structures, work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, particularly in solids.
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C.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
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E.
M. Stanley Whittingham
M. Stanley Whittingham is a British-American chemist renowned as a pioneer of lithium-ion battery technology, work that earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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crystallographer ⓘ human ⓘ materials scientist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
EMET Prize
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Gregori Aminoff Prize ⓘ Israel Prize in exact sciences ⓘ
surface form:
Israel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| citizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-01-24 ⓘ |
| degree |
BSc in Mechanical Engineering
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MSc in Materials Engineering ⓘ PhD in Materials Engineering ⓘ |
| discovered | quasicrystals in rapidly cooled Al-Mn alloy ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Moshe Rosen ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Ames National Laboratory
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surface form:
Ames Laboratory
Iowa State College ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName |
Dan Shechtman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shechtman
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| fieldOfWork |
crystallography
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materials science ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Dan ⓘ |
| influenced |
materials science of aperiodic structures
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modern crystallography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aperiodic crystals with long-range order
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discovery of quasicrystals ⓘ five-fold symmetry in metallic alloys ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf |
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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surface form:
European Academy of Sciences
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
surface form:
US National Academy of Engineering
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| name | Dan Shechtman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Israeli ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discovery of quasicrystals ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | candidate for President of Israel in 2014 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at Iowa State University
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professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
electron microscopy of materials
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metallic alloys ⓘ quasicrystalline materials ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shechtman
subject surface form:
Faculty of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
this entity surface form:
Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman