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Isidor Fankuchen (1904–1964): more than memories of a master measurer of molecules and materials

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The year 2014 has been declared “The International Year of Crystallography.” Coincidentally, it is the 50th anniversary of the death of Isidor Fankuchen, a premier pioneering practitioner of this discipline. The current study discusses some of Fankuchen’s contributions to our understanding of molecular structure and how he personally and professionally impacted the author.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

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Liebman, J.F. Isidor Fankuchen (1904–1964): more than memories of a master measurer of molecules and materials. Struct Chem 25, 1593–1595 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-014-0436-0

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