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Professor Chad Alexander Mirkin

King Faisal Prize in Science 2023 Laureate

Topic: "Chemistry"

We have developed the world's largest 3D printer and also the smallest 2D printer

Nationality: United States of America
Born: 1963, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Professor Chad Alexander Mirkin was awarded the prize for for his outstanding contribution in introducing the concept of nanoparticles as atoms and DNA as bonds to design functional crystalline macroscopic materials, and enriching the repertoire of chemistry and material tools, and defining the modern age of nanotechnology. His work has laid the groundwork for new fields in chemistry and materials science, offering new ways of thinking about chemically programming the formation of matter. Namely, through his complementary contact model, Mirkin has formulated fundamental design rules that permitted the construction of hundreds of different crystal types, spanning over 70 different crystal symmetries, including many that do not exist in nature, like quasicrystals. Such megalibraries can be used to rapidly design, synthesize, screen, and identify new nanoarchitectures with almost any desired chemical and/or physical property. His work is interdisciplinary and spans medical diagnostics and therapeutics area. His spherical nuclei acid is being deployed as the basis for various therapeutic lead structures in human clinical trials, offering life-improving treatments for many forms of cancers as well as other diseases with a known genetic basis.
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