William E. Moerner

William Esco Moerner (born June 24, 1953) is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist. 

He is known for his first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases.Reich,Ziv and Kapon,Ruti. 2010. "Foreword by the Guest Editors." (Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Moerner's Achievements.) Israel Journal of Chemistry 49 (3-4), April 2010. DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201090002W. E. Moerner and L. Kador, "Optical Detection and Spectroscopy of Single Molecules in a Solid," Physical Review Letters 62, 2535 (1989). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2535  Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become a widely used single-molecule experiment in chemistry, physics and biology.Gräslund, Astrid, Rudolf Rigler, and Jerker Widengren. 2010.  "Single Molecule Spectroscopy In Chemistry, Physics and Biology: Nobel Symposium number 138". Springer Series in Chemical Physics, v. 96. Heidelberg [Germany]: Springer, 2010. 572 p. DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-02597-6 

In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry."Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014." Nobelprize.org (accessed October 8, 2014)."Professor W.E. Moerner wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry."  Stanford Report, October 8, 2014 (accessed October 8, 2014).

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