George W. Rayfield (born 1936) is an American
physicist and a ''professor emeritus'' of the
University of Oregon.
Early life and education
The son of George and Hazel (née Wilson) Rayfield, George William Rayfield was born in
San Francisco in 1936. In 1958 Rayfield finished a B.S. at
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
; he earned both an M.S and a Ph.D. in 1964 at the
University of California, Berkeley, advised by
Frederick Reif
Frederick Reif (April 24, 1927 – August 11, 2019) was an American physicist. He was an emeritus professor in physics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Biography
Reif was born in Vienna, Austria on April 24, 1927, to Gerschon and K ...
, with the dissertation, ''Quantized vortex rings in superfluid helium.''
Career
In 1967, Rayfield joined the faculty of the University of Oregon as an assistant professor,
and was promoted in 1968 to associate professor, specializing in the "application of biological materials to electronic devices". He was awarded ''professor emeritus'' status in 1999.
Publications
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Awards, honors
Rayfield was named a
Fellow in the
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...
in 1995,
after being nominated by the Division of
Biological Physics.
Rayfield was cited for "''definitive experimental proof for quantized
vortex rings in
superfluid helium
Helium (from el, ἥλιος, helios, lit=sun) is a chemical element with the symbol He and atomic number 2. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas and the first in the noble gas group in the periodic table. Its ...
; for high precision studies on
phase transitions in
monolayer A monolayer is a single, closely packed layer of atoms, molecules, or cells. In some cases it is referred to as a self-assembled monolayer. Monolayers of layered crystals like graphene and molybdenum disulfide are generally called 2D materials.
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s; for extensive studies on the optical and electrical properties of
bacteriorhodopsin
Bacteriorhodopsin is a protein used by Archaea, most notably by haloarchaea, a class of the Euryarchaeota. It acts as a proton pump; that is, it captures light energy and uses it to move protons across the membrane out of the cell. The resulting ...
, and ensuing device applications."''
References
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Fellows of the American Physical Society
American physicists
Living people
1936 births