Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)

Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (June 25, 1928 - March 29, 2017) was a Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions were in the field of condensed matter physics. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures.

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov in 2003

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  • If they can in their proposals write the word Nano, the chances for funding increase.
    • on the trends of scientific funding, especially all that relates to Nanotechnology, in an Interview with Nobel Laureates in Physics, Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett, December 9, 2003. The interviewer is Joanna Rose.
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