Frank Steglich
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Frank Steglich is a German physicist.
He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
in 1986 and a number of other recognitions. He is the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany and is currently also Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(German Research Foundation).
Frank Steglich discovered the first heavy fermion superconductor
, CeCu2Si2, while working as a postdoctoral student
in Koln, Germany in 1978. CeCu2Si2 is the first metallic system to be discovered in which the superconductivity
is driven
by electron-electron interactions, rather than the electron-phonon interaction that is responsible for conventional BCS superconductivity. The discovery of this material revolutionized research into superconductivity, establishing
the reality of electronically mediated superconductivity and
foreshadowing the discovery of a wide range of heavy electron superconductors, and the subsequent discovery of electronically mediated pairing in cuprate high temperature superconductors.
The first published report of the phenomenon occurred in 1979, by which time Steglich had taken up a junior faculty position at the University of Darmstadt, and confirmed the existence of bulk superconductivity through
the measurement of the specific heat anomaly at the transition temperature of Tc=0.5K.
He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
in 1986 and a number of other recognitions. He is the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany and is currently also Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
(German Research Foundation).
Frank Steglich discovered the first heavy fermion superconductor
Heavy fermion superconductor
Heavy fermion superconductors are a type of Unconventional superconductor.The first heavy fermion superconductor, CeCu2Si2, was discovered by Frank Steglich in 1978....
, CeCu2Si2, while working as a postdoctoral student
in Koln, Germany in 1978. CeCu2Si2 is the first metallic system to be discovered in which the superconductivity
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance occurring in certain materials below a characteristic temperature. It was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum...
is driven
by electron-electron interactions, rather than the electron-phonon interaction that is responsible for conventional BCS superconductivity. The discovery of this material revolutionized research into superconductivity, establishing
the reality of electronically mediated superconductivity and
foreshadowing the discovery of a wide range of heavy electron superconductors, and the subsequent discovery of electronically mediated pairing in cuprate high temperature superconductors.
The first published report of the phenomenon occurred in 1979, by which time Steglich had taken up a junior faculty position at the University of Darmstadt, and confirmed the existence of bulk superconductivity through
the measurement of the specific heat anomaly at the transition temperature of Tc=0.5K.