André Guinier
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André Guinier | |
Born | 1911 |
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Died | 3 July 2000 |
Citizenship | France |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), University of Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Doctoral advisor | Charles Mauguin |
Known for | X-ray crystallography, Guinier camera, Guinier's Law |
Notable awards | Gregori Aminoff Prize |
André Guinier was a French physicist who did important work in the field of X-ray diffraction and solid-state physics. He worked at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, then taught at the University of Paris and later at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1971 and won the Gregori Aminoff Prize in 1985.
In the field of small-angle scattering he discovered the relationship of particle size to intensity which is called Guinier's Law. He developed the Guinier camera for use in X-ray diffraction and contributed to the development of the electron microprobe by Raymond Castaing.
[edit] Publications
- Guinier, André (1955) Small-angle scattering of X-rays. OCLC number: 01646250.