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Arthur Ashkin

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American physicist (1922-2020)

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Arthur Ashkin (1922–2020) was an American physicist and researcher born in Brooklyn. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Cornell University and Columbia University. Ashkin worked as an engineer and physicist, with a specific interest in optics and laser science. He was employed by Bell Labs and Lucent.

Ashkin was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the National Academy of Engineering. He received the Frederic Ives Medal, the Harvey Prize, the Charles Hard Townes Award, and the Nobel Prize in Physics. His notable works include "Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers." He died in Rumson.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1922
Died
2020
Works
2

Top works

  • Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers
  • Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Neutral Particles Using Lasers

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5 total works indexed

  1. AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading

    · 2009 · cited 33,773x

  2. AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility

    · 2009 · cited 23,178x

  3. The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data

    · 2012 · cited 15,165x

  4. Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range

    · 1968 · cited 13,425x

  5. The Molecular Signatures Database Hallmark Gene Set Collection

    · 2015 · cited 13,148x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2018

    “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”

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Encyclopedic overview

Arthur Ashkin (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey.

Ashkin started his work on manipulation of microparticles with laser light in the late 1960s which resulted in the invention of optical tweezers in 1986. He also pioneered the optical trapping process that eventually was used to manipulate atoms, molecules, and biological cells. The key phenomenon is the radiation pressure of light; this pressure can be dissected down into optical gradient and scattering forces.

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