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The physical chemist Thomas Ebbesen awarded the CNRS Gold Medal for 2019
This year's CNRS Gold Medal, one of France's most prestigious scientific prize, has been awarded to the Franco-Norwegian physical chemist Thomas Ebbesen.
He specializes in nanosciences, a cross-disciplinary field that covers a variety of scientific areas that include carbon materials, optics, nano-photonics and molecular chemistry.
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