Gerhart Ertl
Professor
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
Recording date:
13 Dec 2008
Where gases and solids meet
His research on chemical reactions on solid surfaces has been crucial for the development of the catalysts that you find in every modern car, as well as artifical fertilizers, which have saved the lives of millions of people. Meet Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Ertl, a member of Molecular Frontiers.
Interviewed by Per Thorén, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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