K. Alex Müller

Karl Alexander Müller
Müller in 2001
Born	(1927-04-20)20 April 1927 Basel, Switzerland
Died	9 January 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 95) Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	ETH Zürich
Known for	High-temperature superconductivity
Spouse	Ingeborg Marie Louise Winkler (m. 1956; 2 children)
Awards	Marcel Benoist Prize (1986) Nobel Prize in Physics (1987) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1987).[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	IBM Zürich Research Laboratory University of Zurich Battelle Memorial Institute

Karl Alexander Müller (20 April 1927 – 9 January 2023) was a Swiss physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials. They reported their discovery in the June 1986 issue of Zeitschrift für Physik B.^[2]

Müller joined the Battelle Memorial Institute in Geneva, soon becoming the manager of a magnetic resonance group. During this time, he became a lecturer at the University of Zürich. He died on 9 January 2023 in Zürich, at the age of 95.

References

1. Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
2. J. G. Bednorz and K. A. Müller (1986). "Possible highT_c superconductivity in the Ba−La−Cu−O system". Z. Phys. B. 64 (1): 189–193. Bibcode:1986ZPhyB..64..189B. doi:10.1007/BF01303701. S2CID 118314311.

Other websites

• Autobiography posted at the Nobel Prize web site.
• Online Encyclopædia Britannica biographical article.
• K. Alex Mueller and Tom W. Kool: “Properties of Perovskites and Other Oxides.” World Scientific, 2010.