E-MRS Materials Impact Prize

The E-MRS Impact Prize recognizes outstanding scientific achievements that have significantly advanced the field of Materials Science and Engineering.

The Prize celebrates pioneering research and exceptional contributions that have expanded scientific knowledge, opened new technological perspectives, and helped address major societal and industrial challenges.

It highlights the vital role of materials research in shaping the future of science, technology and society, while honouring individuals whose work has made a lasting contribution at the international level.

Through this distinction, the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) aims to promote scientific excellence, innovation and the transformative potential of materials research.

20th Anniversary Award (2003):
Richard FRIEND, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
"Plastic electronics"

25th Anniversary Award (2008):
Dan SHECHTMAN Technion, Haifa, Israel and ISU, Ames, Iowa, USA
"Quasi-periodic Materials – Crystal Redefined"

30th Anniversary Award (2013):
Sir John PENDRY Centre for Plasmonics & Metamaterials
The Blackett Lab, Imperial College, London, UK
"Metamaterials open new horizons in electromagnetism"

35th Anniversary Award (2018):
Thomas EBBESEN, USIAS, University of Strasbourg & Collège de France, Paris
"Light-Matter Interactions in a Material Science Perspective"

40th Anniversary Award (2023):
Klaus MÜLLEN, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
"Graphene Nanoribbons versus Graphene"
&
Maurizio PRATO, University of Trieste, Italy
"Multifunctional Hybrid Interfaces for Energy and Medical Applications"

45th Anniversary Award (2028):
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