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'''Manuel Cardona Castro''' (b. 7 October, 1934, [[Barcelona, Spain]]) is a [[physicist]].
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| birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
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| death_place = [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
| fields = [[Solid state physics]]
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| known_for = ''Fundamentals of semiconductors''
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'''Manuel Cardona Castro''' (7 September 1934 &ndash; 2 July 2014) was a [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter physicist]]. According to the [[Web of Science|ISI Citations web database]], Cardona was one of the eight most cited physicists since 1970.<ref name="ae" /> He specialized in [[solid state physics]].<ref name="fpa">{{cite web|title=Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research 1988|url=http://www.fpa.es/en/prince-of-asturias-awards/awards/1988-manuel-cardona-and-marcos-moshinsky.html?texto=trayectoria|publisher= [[Prince of Asturias Foundation]]
|accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> Cardona's main interests were in the fields of: [[Raman scattering]] (and other optical spectroscopies) as applied to [[semiconductor]] [[microstructure]]s,<ref name="isi">{{cite web|title=Highly Cited Researcher Cardona, Manuel|url=http://hcr3.webofknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Search&link2=Search%20Results&AuthLastName=%22Cardona%22&AuthFirstName=%22Manuel%22&AuthMiddleName=&AuthMailnstName=&CountryID=-1&DisciplineID=20&id=313|publisher=Thomson ISI|accessdate=22 September 2011}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> materials with tailor-made isotopic compositions, and [[High-temperature superconductivity|high ''T''<sub>c</sub> superconductors]], particularly investigations of electronic and vibronic excitations in the normal and superconducting state.<ref name="award1" />


==Academic career==
==Academic career==


After obtaining a Masters in physics in 1955 from [[University of Barcelona]] Cardona was awarded a fellowship to work as a graduate student at [[Harvard University]] starting in 1956. At Harvard he began investigations of the dielectric properties of semiconductors, in particular germanium and silicon. With this work as a thesis he received a PhD in Applied Physics at Harvard. From 1959 till 1961 he continued similar work on III-V semiconductors at the RCA Laboratories in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1961 he moved to the [[RCA Labs]] in [[Princeton, NJ]], where he continued work on the optical properties of semiconductors and started investigations of the microwave properties of superconductors. In 1964 he became member of the Physics Faculty of [[Brown University]] (Providence, RI). In 1971 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany as a founding director of the then-recently created [[Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research]].<ref>http://www.fkf.mpg.de/en/fr_departments.html</ref> Concomitantly he became scientific Member of the Max Planck Society, where he became emeritus 1n 2000.
Cardona was born in [[Barcelona, Spain]] in 1934.<ref name=ae>{{cite web|title=Manuel Cardona - Curriculum vitae|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Cardona_Manuel/CV|publisher=[[Academia Europaea]]|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> After obtaining a Masters in physics in 1955 from [[University of Barcelona]] Cardona was awarded a fellowship to work as a graduate student at [[Harvard University]] starting in 1956.<ref name=award1 /> At Harvard he began investigations of the dielectric properties of semiconductors, in particular germanium and silicon. With this work as a thesis he received a PhD in Applied Physics at Harvard. From 1959 till 1961 he continued similar work on III-V semiconductors at the RCA Laboratories in Zurich, Switzerland.<ref name=award1 /> In 1961 he moved to the [[Sarnoff Corporation|RCA Labs]] in [[Princeton, NJ]], where he continued work on the optical properties of semiconductors and started investigations of the microwave properties of superconductors. In 1964 he became a member of the Physics Faculty of [[Brown University]] (Providence, RI).<ref name=award1 /> In June–September 1965 he taught at the University of Buenos Aires under the auspices of the Ford Foundation. In 1971 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany as a founding director of the then-recently created [[Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research]].<ref name=max>{{cite web|title=Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research: Departments|url=http://www.fkf.mpg.de/en/fr_departments.html|publisher=[[Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research]]|accessdate=22 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903090921/http://www.fkf.mpg.de/en/fr_departments.html|archivedate=3 September 2011}}</ref> Concomitantly he became scientific Member of the [[Max Planck Society]], where he became emeritus in 2000.<ref name=max />


From 1992 to 2004, Cardona served as chief editor of ''[[Solid State Communications]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Burstein |first1=Elias |last2=Pinczuk |first2=Aron |last3=van Wetering |first3=Karien |author1-link=Elias Burstein |author2-link=Aron Pinczuk |title=Manuel Cardona (1934–2014) |journal=Solid State Communications |date=October 2014 |volume=195 |page=v |doi=10.1016/S0038-1098(14)00341-X|bibcode=2014SSCom.195D...5B }}</ref>
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Distinctions and honors


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== Distinctions and honors ==
♦ 1962 RCA Laboratories Prize ♦ 1964 American Physical Society, Fellow ♦ 1969 Guggenheim Fellowship ♦ 1965-1968 A.D. Sloan Fellow ♦ 1969-1970 Guggenheim Fellow ♦ 1982 Narcís Monturiol Medal, Government of Catalonia ♦ 1984 Frank Isakson Prize, American Physical Society ♦ 1984 Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science ♦ 1984 Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of Sciences of Barcelona ♦ 1987 Member, National Academy of Sciences of the USA ♦ 1987 Grand Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain ♦ 1988 "Principe de Asturias" Prize, named after the Crown Prince of Spain ♦ 1988 J.M.M. von Kronland Medal, Czech Spectroscopic Society ♦ 1991 Member, Academia Europaea ♦ 1992 Medaglia Teresiana, University of Pavia, Italy ♦ 1993 Italgas Prize for Research in Science and Technology, Turin, Italy ♦ 1994 Max Planck Research Prize, shared with E.E.Haller, Berkeley ♦ 1995 Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of Sciences, Spain ♦ 1997 John Wheatley Prize, American Physical Society ♦ 1999 E. Mach Honorary Medal, Czech Academy of Sciences ♦ 2000 Charter Member, ISI highly cited researchers database (http://isihighlycited.com) ♦ 2001 Sir Nevil Mott Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, London ♦ 2001 Fellow, Institute of Physics, London ♦ 2011 Bernadsky Gold Medal, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine ♦ 1985-2010 eleven honorary doctorates
Besides receiving over at least 61 awards during his career,<ref name=ae /> Cardona held eleven honorary doctorates. Some notable honors include:<ref name=ae />


* 1964 [[American Physical Society]], Fellow
Publications of and about Manuel Cardona
* 1982 [[Narcís Monturiol Medal]], Government of Catalonia
* 1984 [[Frank Isakson Prize]], [[American Physical Society]]<ref name=award2>{{cite web|title=1984 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Recipient|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Manuel&last_nm=Cardona&year=1984|publisher=[[American Physical Society]]|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref>
* 1984 Fellow, [[Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science]]
* 1984 Corresponding Member, [[Royal Academy of Sciences of Barcelona]]
* 1987 Member, [[National Academy of Sciences]] of the USA
* 1987 [[Grand Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio]], Spain
* 1988 [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research]], named after the Crown Prince of Spain
* 1991 Member, [[Academia Europaea]]
* 1994 [[Max Planck Research Prize]], shared with E. E. Haller, Berkeley
* 1995 Corresponding Member, [[Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences]]
* 1997 [[John Wheatley Award]], [[American Physical Society]]<ref name=award1>{{cite web|title=1997 John Wheatley Award Recipient|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Manuel&last_nm=Cardona&year=1997|publisher=[[American Physical Society]]|accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref>
* 1999 [[Ernst Mach Medal]], Prague
* 2001 [[Nevill Mott Medal and Prize]]<ref name=mott>{{cite web|title=Nevill Mott medal recipients |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/mott/mott-medallists/page_38571.html|publisher=Institute of Physics |accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>
* 2003 [[Matteucci Medal]] by the [[Accademia nazionale delle scienze]], Italy
* 2009 Fellow, [[Royal Society of Canada]]
* 2011 [[National_Academy_of_Sciences_of_Ukraine#Vernadsky_Gold_Medal|Vernadsky Gold Medal]] of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]
* 2012 [[Paul Klemens Award]], Phonons Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
* 2012 [[Luis Federico Leloir Prize]], Argentina


==Publications==
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♦ Manuel Cardona: Modulation Spectroscopy, Academic Press 1969. Lib of Congress 55-12299 ♦ Manuel Cardona, Gernot Günterodt and Roberto Merlin: Light Scattering in Solids I-IX (nine volumes)
Springer Verlag; ISBN 3-540-11513-7


Cardona has authored over 1,300 scientific publications in international journals, ten monographs on solid state physics and co-authored a textbook on semiconductors.<ref name=ae /> Since 1972, Cardona has served on the Board of Editors of at least seven journals,<ref name=ae /> including being the Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Solid State Communications]]'' from 1992 to 2005.<ref name=ae />
♦ Pere Bonnin: Manuel Cardona i Castro, Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Barcelona 1998 ISBN:84-89570-19-3 ♦ Peter Y. Yu and Manuel Cardona, Fundamentals of semiconductors, 4 editions 1996-2000,ISBN 978-3-642-00709-5 ♦ 0ver 1300 scientific articles in various international journals

Some of his works include:

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* Manuel Cardona: Modulation Spectroscopy, Academic Press 1969. Lib of Congress 55-12299
* Manuel Cardona, Gernot Günterodt and Roberto Merlin: Light Scattering in Solids I-IX (nine volumes) Springer Verlag; {{ISBN|3-540-11513-7}}
* Pere Bonnin: Manuel Cardona i Castro, Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Barcelona 1998 {{ISBN|84-89570-18-3}}
* Peter Y. Yu and Manuel Cardona, Fundamentals of semiconductors, 4 editions 1996-2000,{{ISBN|978-3-642-00709-5}}


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==


At present he lives in [[Stuttgart]] with his wife Inge Cardona (née Hecht). They both hold American, German and Spanish citizenship. They have 3 children and 7 grandchildren
He died in [[Stuttgart]] in 2014,<ref name=obi>{{cite web|title=Obituary at the Max-Planck society website|url=http://www.fkf.mpg.de/5098831/Kondolenzbuch|publisher=[[Max Planck Society]]|accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> where he lived since 1971 with his wife Inge Cardona (née Hecht). He held American, German and Spanish citizenship and had 3 children<ref name=ae /> and 7 grandchildren.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==

* [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/cardona-manuel.pdf Marvin L. Cohen, Francisco de la Cruz, Lothar Ley, Miles V. Klein, Michael Thewalt, and Peter Y. Yu, "Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)]
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Latest revision as of 15:01, 20 July 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is Castro.
Manuel Cardona Castro
Born(1934-09-07)7 September 1934
Barcelona, Spain
Died2 July 2014(2014-07-02) (aged 79)
Stuttgart, Germany
Alma materHarvard University
Known forFundamentals of semiconductors
AwardsFranz Isakson Prize (1984)
Nevill Mott Medal and Prize (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsSolid state physics
InstitutionsBrown University
Buenos Aires University
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Manuel Cardona Castro (7 September 1934 – 2 July 2014) was a condensed matter physicist. According to the ISI Citations web database, Cardona was one of the eight most cited physicists since 1970.[1] He specialized in solid state physics.[2] Cardona's main interests were in the fields of: Raman scattering (and other optical spectroscopies) as applied to semiconductor microstructures,[3] materials with tailor-made isotopic compositions, and high Tc superconductors, particularly investigations of electronic and vibronic excitations in the normal and superconducting state.[4]

Academic career

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Cardona was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1934.[1] After obtaining a Masters in physics in 1955 from University of Barcelona Cardona was awarded a fellowship to work as a graduate student at Harvard University starting in 1956.[4] At Harvard he began investigations of the dielectric properties of semiconductors, in particular germanium and silicon. With this work as a thesis he received a PhD in Applied Physics at Harvard. From 1959 till 1961 he continued similar work on III-V semiconductors at the RCA Laboratories in Zurich, Switzerland.[4] In 1961 he moved to the RCA Labs in Princeton, NJ, where he continued work on the optical properties of semiconductors and started investigations of the microwave properties of superconductors. In 1964 he became a member of the Physics Faculty of Brown University (Providence, RI).[4] In June–September 1965 he taught at the University of Buenos Aires under the auspices of the Ford Foundation. In 1971 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany as a founding director of the then-recently created Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.[5] Concomitantly he became scientific Member of the Max Planck Society, where he became emeritus in 2000.[5]

From 1992 to 2004, Cardona served as chief editor of Solid State Communications.[6]

Distinctions and honors

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Besides receiving over at least 61 awards during his career,[1] Cardona held eleven honorary doctorates. Some notable honors include:[1]

Publications

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Cardona has authored over 1,300 scientific publications in international journals, ten monographs on solid state physics and co-authored a textbook on semiconductors.[1] Since 1972, Cardona has served on the Board of Editors of at least seven journals,[1] including being the Editor-in-Chief of Solid State Communications from 1992 to 2005.[1]

Some of his works include:

  • Manuel Cardona: Modulation Spectroscopy, Academic Press 1969. Lib of Congress 55-12299
  • Manuel Cardona, Gernot Günterodt and Roberto Merlin: Light Scattering in Solids I-IX (nine volumes) Springer Verlag; ISBN 3-540-11513-7
  • Pere Bonnin: Manuel Cardona i Castro, Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Barcelona 1998 ISBN 84-89570-18-3
  • Peter Y. Yu and Manuel Cardona, Fundamentals of semiconductors, 4 editions 1996-2000,ISBN 978-3-642-00709-5

Personal life

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He died in Stuttgart in 2014,[9] where he lived since 1971 with his wife Inge Cardona (née Hecht). He held American, German and Spanish citizenship and had 3 children[1] and 7 grandchildren.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Manuel Cardona - Curriculum vitae". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research 1988". Prince of Asturias Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Highly Cited Researcher Cardona, Manuel". Thomson ISI. Retrieved 22 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c d e "1997 John Wheatley Award Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research: Departments". Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  6. ^ Burstein, Elias; Pinczuk, Aron; van Wetering, Karien (October 2014). "Manuel Cardona (1934–2014)". Solid State Communications. 195: v. Bibcode:2014SSCom.195D...5B. doi:10.1016/S0038-1098(14)00341-X.
  7. ^ "1984 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Nevill Mott medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Obituary at the Max-Planck society website". Max Planck Society. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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