Gene Frederick Dresselhaus (November 7, 1929,
Ancón, Panama – September 29, 2021,
California)[1][2] was an American condensed matter physicist. He is known as a pioneer of
spintronics and for his 1955 discovery of the eponymous
Dresselhaus effect.[3]
In 1958 he married the physicist
Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak) — for many years the couple extensively collaborated and published their scientific findings. They had a daughter and three sons.[2]
In 2022 he shared the
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize with
Emmanuel I. Rashba for "pioneering research on spin-orbit coupling in crystals, particularly the foundational discovery of chiral spin-orbit interactions, which continue to enable new developments in spin transport and topological materials."[6] His death in 2021 shortly preceded the announcement of the prize.[2]
Saito, R.; Fujita, M.; Dresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S. (1992). "Electronic structure of chiral graphene tubules". Applied Physics Letters. 60 (18): 2204–2206.
Bibcode:
1992ApPhL..60.2204S.
doi:
10.1063/1.107080.
Nakada, Kyoko; Fujita, Mitsutaka; Dresselhaus, Gene; Dresselhaus, Mildred S. (1996). "Edge state in graphene ribbons: Nanometer size effect and edge shape dependence". Physical Review B. 54 (24): 17954–17961.
Bibcode:
1996PhRvB..5417954N.
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevB.54.17954.
PMID9985930.
Rao, A. M.; Richter, E.; Bandow, Shunji; Chase, Bruce; Eklund, P. C.; Williams, K. A.; Fang, S.; Subbaswamy, K. R.; Menon, M.; Thess, A.; Smalley, R. E.; Dresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S. (1997). "Diameter-Selective Raman Scattering from Vibrational Modes in Carbon Nanotubes". Science. 275 (5297): 187–191.
doi:
10.1126/science.275.5297.187.
PMID8985007.
S2CID25200479.
Dresselhaus, M.S.; Dresselhaus, G.; Jorio, A.; Souza Filho, A.G.; Saito, R. (2002). "Raman spectroscopy on isolated single wall carbon nanotubes". Carbon. 40 (12): 2043–2061.
doi:
10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00066-0.
Dresselhaus, Mildred S.; Dresselhaus, Gene; Sugihara, Ko; Spain, Ian L.; Goldberg, Harris A. (8 March 2013).
Graphite Fibers and Filaments. Springer Series in Material Science 5.
ISBN9783642833793. (1st edition 1988)
^Nemes, Laszlo (1997). "A Review of: "Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, Dresselhaus M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Eklund, P.C. Laszlo Nemes, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1996"". Fullerene Science and Technology. 5 (3): 627–628.
doi:
10.1080/15363839708015913.