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Donald Eigler
IBM Fellow
IBM Almaden Research
Center
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Don Eigler is a physicist at IBM's Almaden Research
Center in San Jose, CA. His research is concentrated
on creating and studying the physical properties of
nanometer-scale structures. In 1989 Don demonstrated
for the first time the ability to build structures
at the atomic level by spelling out "I-B-M" with individual
xenon atoms. Since then, his group's research has
been aimed at extending basic knowledge about the
physics of atomic-scale structures and exploring the
potential for atomic-scale logic and data-storage
technologies. The group's results include the invention
of "quantum corrals," discovery of the "quantum mirage"
effect, and demonstration of a fundamentally new way
to transport information through a solid. Don received
both his bachelors and doctorate degrees from the
University of California San Diego and was named its
Outstanding Alumnus of the year in 1999. Don has been
recognized for his accomplishments with numerous prizes
from scientific societies, most recently the Davisson-Germer
Prize awarded by the American Physical Society. He
was named an IBM Fellow in 1993, the highest technical
honor in the IBM Corporation.
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