Louis Néel

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Louis Néel was a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism in solid-state physics.


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instanceOf French physicist
Nobel laureate
human
physicist
awardReceived CNRS Gold Medal
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Holweck Prize
Hughes Medal
Lomonosov Gold Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1904-11-22
dateOfDeath 2000-11-17
educatedAt University of Lyon NERFINISHED
École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED
employer CNRS
University of Grenoble NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg NERFINISHED
familyName Néel
fieldOfWork magnetism
physics
solid-state physics
givenName Louis
knownFor Néel relaxation
Néel temperature
Néel vector
Néel wall
antiferromagnetism
ferrimagnetism
theory of antiferromagnetism
theory of ferrimagnetism
memberOf Académie des Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
nobelPrizeCategory Physics
nobelPrizeMotivation for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid-state physics
nobelPrizeYear 1970
notableConcept Néel relaxation
Néel temperature
Néel vector
Néel wall
placeOfBirth Lyon
placeOfDeath Brive-la-Gaillarde
positionHeld director of the Centre d’Études Nucléaires de Grenoble
professor at the University of Grenoble
sexOrGender male
workLocation Grenoble
Strasbourg

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École Polytechnique
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