Martin Schadt

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
Swiss person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:European_Inventor_Award
gptkb:IEEE_Jun-ichi_Nishizawa_Medal
Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-01-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Buchs,_St._Gallen,_Switzerland
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor Prof. H. Boller
gptkbp:education gptkb:ETH_Zurich
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Hoffmann-La_Roche
gptkbp:field gptkb:technology
physics
liquid crystal research
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Martin Schadt
gptkbp:inventedBy Wolfgang Helfrich
gptkbp:knownFor liquid crystal display (LCD) technology
invention of the twisted nematic field effect (TN-effect) in liquid crystals
gptkbp:nationality Swiss
gptkbp:patent US Patent 3,731,986
gptkbp:publishedIn Applied Physics Letters, 1971, 'Voltage-dependent optical activity of a twisted nematic liquid crystal'
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manfred_Helfrich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7