Fréchet

[frey-she]

noun

1. René Maurice 1878–1973, French mathematician.

Example Sentences

The second prize goes to chemists Grant Willson, now of the University of Texas, Austin, and Jean Fréchet of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, for their work developing chemically amplified resists, photosensitive materials that have allowed semiconductor makers to shrink integrated circuits.

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Work done by Willson and Fréchet still underpins the processes producing the microprocessors and memory chips at the heart of everything from personal computers to mobile phones.

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Fréchet's lab did basic work on the material; the IBM group worked on applications.

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The pair did their original work at the IBM Research - Almaden center in San Jose, where Willson was a research manager and Fréchet a visiting scientist on sabbatical from University of Ottawa.

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The trio collaborated even after Fréchet returned to Ottawa and later moved to Cornell University and then the University of California, Berkeley.

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