What is K. Alex Müller?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Karl Alexander Müller |image = Karl Alexander Mueller.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Müller in 2001 | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|4|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Basel]], Switzerland | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|9|1927|4|20|df=y}} | death_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland |nationality = [[Swiss people|Swiss]] |fields = [[Physics]] |workplaces = [[IBM Research|IBM Zürich Research Laboratory]]<br>[[University of Zurich]]<br>[[Battelle Memorial Institute]] |alma_mater = [[ETH Zürich]] |known_for = [[High-temperature superconductivity]] |awards = {{no wrap|[[Marcel Benoist Prize]] {{small|(1986)}}<br>[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] {{small|(1987)}}<br>[[Wilhelm Exner Medal]] <small>(1987)</small>.<ref>Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.</ref>}} |spouse=Ingeborg Marie Louise Winkler (m. 1956; 2 children) }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Karl Alexander Müller''' (20 April 1927 – 9 January 2023) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[physicist]]. He received the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1987 with [[Georg Bednorz]] for their work in [[High-temperature superconductivity|superconductivity in ceramic materials]]. They reported their discovery in the June 1986 issue of ''[[Zeitschrift für Physik B]]''.<ref>{{cite journal| author = J. G. Bednorz and K. A. Müller| title = Possible highT<sub>c</sub> superconductivity in the Ba−La−Cu−O system| journal = Z. Phys. B| volume = 64| year = 1986| pages = 189–193| doi = 10.1007/BF01303701| issue = 1|bibcode = 1986ZPhyB..64..189B | s2cid = 118314311}}</ref> 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== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://nobelpriz