"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."

Andre Geim (1958)
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About Andre Geim

Andre Geim is a Russian-born Dutch-British physicist known for his groundbreaking work on graphene, a form of carbon with unique properties. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010, along with Konstantin Novoselov, for their experiments with graphene. Geim has made significant contributions to the field of condensed matter physics and is also known for his research in magnetism and water properties at the nanoscale.

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