Talk:Phaedon Avouris

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The claim that Avouris was a candidate for the 2003 Nobel Prize needs a citation. The lists of nominees for Nobel Prizes are not revealed for fifty years, so no one outside of the selection process has ever seen the 2003 list. If someone who is eligible to nominate Nobel candidates has publicly acknowledged nominating Avouris that would be proof enough, but the article needs to cite such a claim in order to be credible.

Since I wrote the above comment someone has added links to two newspaper articles which quote observers speculateding that Avouris was one of many chemists who might win. This is not the same thing as saying he was formally nominated. Viable candidates often are not nominated and I see no evidence that Avouris ever was. He may have been, but without evidence the statement shouldn't be here. It's also possible that Avouris has been nominated in many different years, but the reference to 2003 suggests it has happened only once. I recommend deleting the comment.