Tony Heinz

{{Short description|American physicist}}

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| thesis_title = Nonlinear optics of surfaces and absorbates

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Tony Frederick Heinz (born 30 April 1956 in Palo Alto) is an American physicist.{{Cite book|title=American Men and Women of Science|last=|first=|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}}

Biography

Heinz studied at Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1978. He received his doctorate in 1982 at the University of California, Berkeley, in physics.

{{cite thesis |website= |last=Heinz |first=Tony |date=1982 |title=Nonlinear optics of surfaces and absorbates |type= |chapter= |publisher= |docket= |oclc=729538318 |url=https://berkeley.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991051448759706532 |access-date=2022-08-12}} From 1983 to 1995 he was at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of IBM. He was a professor at Columbia University and is now a professor at Stanford University. He served as president of The Optical Society in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Biographies: Tony F. Heinz|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/bios/tony-f-heinz/|website=The Optical Society}}

Research

His research focuses on ultrafast laser spectroscopy (femtosecond pulses) and thus investigates dynamics at surfaces. His group investigates electronic and optical properties of a few atoms of thin two-dimensional systems (such as graphene or ultrathin crystals of transition-metal di-chalcogen compounds). His significant contributions to the condensed matter and materials physics includes discovery of room temperature excitons in 1D and 2D materials.{{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Gang |last2=Chernikov |first2=Alexey |last3=Glazov |first3=Mikhail M. |last4=Heinz |first4=Tony F. |last5=Marie |first5=Xavier |last6=Amand |first6=Thierry |last7=Urbaszek |first7=Bernhard |date=2018-04-04 |title=Colloquium : Excitons in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.021001 |journal=Reviews of Modern Physics |language=en |volume=90 |issue=2 |doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.90.021001 |issn=0034-6861|arxiv=1707.05863 }}

Heinz is one of the most cited scientists. Since 2019, the media group Clarivate counts him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize (Clarivate Citation Laureates).{{cite web |title=The 2019 Clarivate Citation Laureates |quote=We recognize Heinz for contributions to understanding classes of nanoscale materials including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and two-dimensional semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide. |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |url=https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/dlm_uploads/2019/09/Citation_Laureates_2019.pdf}}

Awards and honors

  • 2020 William F. Meggers Award from The Optical Society "For seminal studies of the properties and dynamics of surfaces, interfaces, and nanoscale materials by diverse spectroscopic techniques, including through the development of powerful new methods."{{Cite web|title=William F. Meggers Award|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/meggersaward/|website=The Optical Society}}
  • 2008 he earned the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics.{{Cite web|title=Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics|url=http://www.springer.com/physics/condensed+matter+physics?SGWID=0-10104-2-791952-0|access-date=2019-12-04|website=springer.com|language=en}}
  • 1996 he earned the Humboldt Prize.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society.
  • Fellow of The Optical Society.

Selected publications

  • {{Cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Feng|last2=Dukovic|first2=Gordana|last3=Brus|first3=Louis E.|last4=Heinz|first4=Tony F.|date=2005|title=The Optical Resonances in Carbon Nanotubes Arise from Excitons|journal=Science|language=en|volume=308|issue=5723|pages=838–841|doi=10.1126/science.1110265|issn=0036-8075|pmid=15879212|bibcode=2005Sci...308..838W|s2cid=11778836}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Mak|first1=Kin Fai|last2=Sfeir|first2=Matthew Y.|last3=Wu|first3=Yang|last4=Lui|first4=Chun Hung|last5=Misewich|first5=James A.|last6=Heinz|first6=Tony F.|date=2008|title=Measurement of the Optical Conductivity of Graphene|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=101|issue=19|pages=196405|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.196405|pmid=19113291|bibcode=2008PhRvL.101s6405M|arxiv=0810.1269|s2cid=6050585}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Mak|first1=Kin Fai|last2=Lee|first2=Changgu|last3=Hone|first3=James|last4=Shan|first4=Jie|last5=Heinz|first5=Tony F.|date=2010|title=Atomically Thin MoS2 A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=105|issue=13|pages=136805|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.136805|pmid=21230799|bibcode=2010PhRvL.105m6805M|arxiv=1004.0546|s2cid=40589037}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Changgu|last2=Yan|first2=Hugen|last3=Brus|first3=Louis E.|last4=Heinz|first4=Tony F.|last5=Hone|first5=James|last6=Ryu|first6=Sunmin|date=2010|title=Anomalous Lattice Vibrations of Single- and Few-Layer MoS2|journal=ACS Nano|volume=4|issue=5|pages=2695–2700|doi=10.1021/nn1003937|pmid=20392077|issn=1936-0851|arxiv=1005.2509|s2cid=6543876}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Mak|first1=Kin Fai|last2=He|first2=Keliang|last3=Shan|first3=Jie|last4=Heinz|first4=Tony F.|date=2012|title=Control of valley polarization in monolayer MoS2 by optical helicity|journal=Nature Nanotechnology|language=en|volume=7|issue=8|pages=494–498|doi=10.1038/nnano.2012.96|pmid=22706698|issn=1748-3395|bibcode=2012NatNa...7..494M|arxiv=1205.1822|s2cid=23248686}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Butler|first1=Sheneve Z.|last2=Hollen|first2=Shawna M.|last3=Cao|first3=Linyou|last4=Cui|first4=Yi|last5=Gupta|first5=Jay A.|last6=Gutiérrez|first6=Humberto R.|last7=Heinz|first7=Tony F.|last8=Hong|first8=Seung Sae|last9=Huang|first9=Jiaxing|last10=Ismach|first10=Ariel F.|last11=Johnston-Halperin|first11=Ezekiel|date=2013|title=Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene|journal=ACS Nano|volume=7|issue=4|pages=2898–2926|doi=10.1021/nn400280c|pmid=23464873|issn=1936-0851}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Mak|first1=Kin Fai|last2=He|first2=Keliang|last3=Lee|first3=Changgu|last4=Lee|first4=Gwan Hyoung|last5=Hone|first5=James|last6=Heinz|first6=Tony F.|last7=Shan|first7=Jie|date=2013|title=Tightly bound trions in monolayer MoS2|journal=Nature Materials|language=en|volume=12|issue=3|pages=207–211|doi=10.1038/nmat3505|pmid=23202371|issn=1476-4660|bibcode=2013NatMa..12..207M|arxiv=1210.8226|s2cid=205408065}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=van der Zande|first1=Arend M.|last2=Huang|first2=Pinshane Y.|last3=Chenet|first3=Daniel A.|last4=Berkelbach|first4=Timothy C.|last5=You|first5=YuMeng|last6=Lee|first6=Gwan-Hyoung|last7=Heinz|first7=Tony F.|last8=Reichman|first8=David R.|last9=Muller|first9=David A.|last10=Hone|first10=James C.|date=2013|title=Grains and grain boundaries in highly crystalline monolayer molybdenum disulphide|journal=Nature Materials|language=en|volume=12|issue=6|pages=554–561|doi=10.1038/nmat3633|pmid=23644523|issn=1476-4660|bibcode=2013NatMa..12..554V|arxiv=1301.1985|s2cid=36712829}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Xu|first1=Xiaodong|last2=Yao|first2=Wang|last3=Xiao|first3=Di|last4=Heinz|first4=Tony F.|date=2014|title=Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=10|issue=5|pages=343–350|doi=10.1038/nphys2942|issn=1745-2481|bibcode=2014NatPh..10..343X|s2cid=85510443 }}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Chul-Ho|last2=Lee|first2=Gwan-Hyoung|last3=van der Zande|first3=Arend M.|last4=Chen|first4=Wenchao|last5=Li|first5=Yilei|last6=Han|first6=Minyong|last7=Cui|first7=Xu|last8=Arefe|first8=Ghidewon|last9=Nuckolls|first9=Colin|last10=Heinz|first10=Tony F.|last11=Guo|first11=Jing|date=2014|title=Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces|journal=Nature Nanotechnology|language=en|volume=9|issue=9|pages=676–681|doi=10.1038/nnano.2014.150|pmid=25108809|issn=1748-3395|bibcode=2014NatNa...9..676L|arxiv=1403.3062|s2cid=9066135}}

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