Chemist no. 202 of 350 · Physical

William E. Moerner

1953-United StatesNobel Chemistry 2014

Single-molecule spectroscopy

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The discovery, explained

W. E. Moerner: Seeing One Molecule at a Time

How W. E. Moerner detected a single molecule by light in 1989 and discovered on-off blinking of GFP. Nobel Chemistry 2014 explained for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

William E. Moerner (born 1953): The Chemist Who Counted One Molecule at a Time

Biography of William E. Moerner (born 1953), Stanford chemist who first detected a single molecule by light and shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Albert Sieversdoctoral
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