Department of Chemestry
Short biography and Publications by Immanuel Estermann (1900-1973)
Short biography
| 1900 | born on 31. März 1900 in Berlin |
| 1921 | PhD with Max Volmer in Hamburg |
| 1922-1922 | Assistant to Otto Stern at the University of Rostock |
| 1922-1933 | Lecturer at the University of Hamburg dismissed as "non-Aryan" on 31.7.1933 |
| 1931-1932 | Rockefeller Fellow, research stay at the University of California at Berkeley, USA |
| 1933 | Emigration via England to the USA to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh |
| ?-1951 | Außerordentlicher Professor an der Carnegie Mellon Universität in Pittsburgh |
| 1951-1959 | Advisor, later head, of the Materials Science Department of the Office of Naval Research |
| 1957 | Recognition of the emeritus status at the University of Hamburg |
| 1959-1964 | scientific director in London |
| 1964-1973 | Lidow Professor of Solid State Physics at the Technion, Israel |
| 1973 | died on 30 March 1973 in Haifa |
Further Information
- Interview with Immanuel Estermann, J. L. Heilbron
- Picture by Immanuel Estermann, 1959, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
- Entry in the Hamburg catalogue of professors
Alternative name spellings
- Immanuel Estermann
- I. Estermann
- J. Estermann
Publications
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| Search: Chemistry Dep. / all Hamburg | |
| 1975 | |
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History of molecular beam research: Personal reminiscences of the important evolutionary period 1919-1933 Immanuel Estermann, Samuel N. Foner American Journal of Physics 43, 661-671 (1975) (Subjects: Otto Stern, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, Walther Gerlach) |
1972 | |
| 67 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 8, 312 pp, ISBN 9786611408930; 6611408932, Publisher: Academic Press, New York (1972) |
1971 | |
| 66 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 7, 423 pp, ISBN 9786611408930; 6611408932, Publisher: Academic Press, New York (1971) |
1970 | |
| 65 |
Evidence for partly specular reflection of electrons in thin metal films condensed on amorphous substrates Immanuel Estermann, Tuvia Schlesinger Journal of Applied Physics 41, 2802-2805 (1970) |
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Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 6, 352 pp (1970), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
1969 | |
| 63 |
Use of the partial pressure gage for the analysis of residual gases in high-vacuum systems Immanuel Estermann, Tuvia Schlesinger Vacuum 19, 553-554 (1969) |
| 62 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 5, 432 pp (1969), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
1968 | |
| 61 |
Low-temperature specific heat of graphite Immanuel Estermann Helvetica Physica Acta 41, 793-795 (1968) |
| 60 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 3, 371 pp (1968), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
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Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 4, 465 pp (1968), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
1966 | |
| 58 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 2, 484 pp (1966), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
1965 | |
| 57 |
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics Editor: David Robert Bates, Immanuel Estermann Vol. 1, 413 pp (1965), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
| 56 |
Applications of Molecular Beams to Problems in Rarefied Gas Dynamics Immanuel Estermann -/- Editor: Carlo Ferrari Dinamica dei gas rarefatti. Lectures given at Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.), held in Varenna (Como), Italy, August 21-29, 1964, 33, 267-304 (1965) |
| 55 |
Experimental Methods in Rarefied Gas Dybamics Immanuel Estermann -/- Editor: Carlo Ferrari Dinamica dei gas rarefatti. Lectures given at Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.), held in Varenna (Como), Italy, August 21-29, 1964, 33, 305-330 (1965) |
1960 | |
| 54 |
Possible Application of Molecular Beam Techniques to the Measurement of Surface Temperatures James H. McFee, Paul M. Marcus, Immanuel Estermann Review of Scientific Instruments 31, 1013-1014 (1960) |
1959 | |
| 53 |
Molecular beam research in Hamburg, 1922-1933 Immanuel Estermann Recent Research in Molecular Beams. A Collection of Papers Dedicated to Otto Stern On the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday 1-7 (1959), Publisher: Academic Press, New York |
1958 | |
| 52 |
The Low-Temperature Specific Heats of Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium David L. Burk, Immanuel Estermann, Simeon A. Friedberg Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie (München) 16, 183-193 (1958) |
1957 | |
| 51 |
Molecular beam applications to transport properties in gases Immanuel Estermann -/- Editor: Ali Bulen Cambel, John B. Fenn Transport Properties in Gases. Proceedings of the second Biennial Gas Dynamics Symposium 82-88 (1957), Publisher: Northwesten University Press, Evanston |
1952 | |
| 50 |
Heat conduction in alloys at low temperatures Immanuel Estermann, J. E. Zimmerman Journal of Applied Physics 23, 578-588 (1952) |
| 49 |
Specific heat of germanium between 20K and 200K Immanuel Estermann, J. R. Weertman Journal of Chemical Physics 20, 972-976 (1952) |
| 48 |
The electronic specific heat in chromium and magnesium Simeon A. Friedberg, Immanuel Estermann, J. E. Goldman Physical Review 85, 375-376 (1952) |
| 47 |
The specific heats of several metals between 1.8 and 4.2K Immanuel Estermann, Simeon A. Friedberg, J. E. Goldman Physical Review 87, 582-588 (1952) |
| 46 |
Electronic contributions to the specific heat of the semiconductor germanium Immanuel Estermann, Simeon A. Friedberg Changements de phases. Comptes Rendus de la 2e Réunion Annuelle tenue en commun avec la Commission de Thermodynamique de l'Union Internationale de Physique, Paris, 2-7 Juin 1952, 312-314 (1952) |
1950 | |
| 45 |
Semiconductors
as low-temperature thermometers (Minutes of The Meeting at Stanford University, California, December 29 and 30, 1949) Immanuel Estermann Physical Review 78, 83-84 (1950) |
| 44 |
Magnetoresistance of germanium samples between 20 and 300K Immanuel Estermann, A. Foner Physical Review 79, 365-372 (1950) |
1949 | |
| 43 |
A torsion balance for measuring forces in low-density gas flows Immanuel Estermann, E. D. Kane Journal of Applied Physics 20, 608-610 (1949) |
| 42 |
Change in density of potassium chloride crystals upon irradiation with x-rays Immanuel Estermann, William J. Leivo, Otto Stern Physical Review 75, 627-633 (1949) |
| 41 |
Resistivity of germanium samples at liquid-helium temperatures (Minutes of the Meeting at Cleveland, March 10-12, 1949) Immanuel Estermann, A. Foner, J. E. Zimmerman Physical Review 75, 1631-1632 (1949) |
1947 | |
| 40 |
The free fall of atoms and the measurement of the velocity distribution in a molecular beam of cesium atoms Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 71, 238-249 (1947) |
| 39 |
The mean free paths of cesium atoms in helium, nitrogen, and cesium vapor Immanuel Estermann, Samuel N. Foner, Otto Stern Physical Review 71, 250-257 (1947) |
| 38 |
Resistivity of germanium at low temperatures and the effect of additions Immanuel Estermann, A. Foner, J. A. Randall Physical Review 71, 484-484 (1947) |
| 37 |
Resistivity and Hall constant of germanium samples at low temperatures (Minutes of the Meeting at Montreal, June 19-21, 1947) Immanuel Estermann, A. Foner, J. A. Randall Physical Review 72, 530-530 (1947) |
| 36 |
Vacuum valve Immanuel Estermann, Samuel N. Foner Review of Scientific Instruments 18, 64-64 (1947) |
1946 | |
| 35 |
Molecular-beam techniques Immanuel Estermann Reviews of Modern Physics 18, 300-323 (1946) |
1944 | |
| 34 |
Deflection of a beam of Cs atoms by gravity (Meeting at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 28 and 29, 1944) Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 65, 346-346 (1944) |
1938 | |
| 33 |
The free fall of molecules (Minutes of the Washington, D. C. Meeting, April 28-30, 1938) Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 53, 947-948 (1938) |
1937 | |
| 32 |
Magnetic deflection of HD molecules (Minutes of the Chicago Meeting, November 27-28, 1936) Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 51, 64-64 (1937) |
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The scattering of slow neutrons by liquid ortho- and para-hydrogen J. Halpern, Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 52, 142-142 (1937) |
| 30 |
The magnetic moment of the proton Immanuel Estermann, Oliver C. Simpson, Otto Stern Physical Review 52, 535-545 (1937) |
| 29 |
A simplified hydrogen liquefier J. E. Ahlberg, Immanuel Estermann, W. O. Lundberg Review of Scientific Instruments 8, 422-426 (1937) |
1934 | |
| 28 |
Magnetic moment of the deuton Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Nature 133, 911-911 (1934) |
1933 | |
| 27 |
The deflection of molecular rays in an electric field: The electric moment of hydrogen chloride Immanuel Estermann, Ronald G. J. Fraser Journal of Chemical Physics 1, 390-399 (1933) |
| 26 |
Magnetic moment of the proton Immanuel Estermann, Otto Robert Frisch, Otto Stern Nature 132, 169-170 (1933) |
| 25 |
Über die magnetische Ablenkung von Wasserstoffmolekülen und das magnetische Moment des Protons. II (Magnetic deflection of hydrogen molecules and the magnetic moment of the proton. II) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physik 85, 17-24 (1933) (Untersuchungen zur Molekularstrahlmethode aus dem Institut für physikalische Chemie der Hamburgischen Universität, Nr. 27) |
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Eine neue Methode zur Intensitätsmessung von Molekularstrahlen (A new method of intensity measurement of molecular rays) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physik 85, 135-143 (1933) (Untersuchungen zur Molekularstrahlmethode aus dem Institut für physikalische Chemie der Hamburgischen Universität, Nr. 28) |
| 23 |
Über die magnetische Ablenkung von isotopen Wasserstoffmolekülen und das magnetische Moment des "Deutons". Vorläufige Mitteilung (The magnetic deflection of the isotopic hydrogen molecules and the magnetic moment of the deuton) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physik 86, 132-134 (1933) (Untersuchungen zur Molekularstrahlmethode aus dem Institut für physikalische Chemie der Hamburgischen Universität, Nr. 29) |
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Zur Methode der Untersuchung elektrischer Dipolmomente mit Molekularstrahlen (Method for investigation of electric dipole moments with molecular beams) Immanuel Estermann, Max Wohlwill Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B: Chemie der Elementarprozesse, Aufbau der Materie B20, 195-208 (1933) |
1932 | |
| 21 |
High-speed high-vacuum diffusion pumps Immanuel Estermann, Harold T. Byck Review of Scientific Instruments 3, 482-487 (1932) |
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Monochromasierung der de Broglie-Wellen von Molekularstrahlen (Monochromatization of de Broglie waves of molecular rays) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Robert Frisch, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physik 73, 348-365 (1932) (Untersuchungen zur Molekularstrahlmethode aus dem Institut für physikalische Chemie der Hamburgischen Universität, Nr. 18) |
1931 | |
| 19 |
Versuche mit monochromatischen de Broglie-Wellen von Molekularstrahlen (Experiments with monochromatic de Broglie waves of molecular beams) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Robert Frisch, Otto Stern Physikalische Zeitschrift 32, 670-674 (1931) (Züricher Vorträge über Kernphysik. Aus dem zusammenfassenden Bericht über die physikalische Vortragswoche der Eidg. Technischen Hochschule Zürich vom 20.-24. Mai 1931) |
1930 | |
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Beugung von Molekularstrahlen (Diffraction of molecular rays) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physik 61, 95-125 (1930) (Untersuchungen zur Molekularstrahlmethode aus dem Institut für physikalische Chemie der Hamburgischen Universität, Nr. 15) |
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Elektrolyt für galvanische Elemente des Leclanché-Typus Immanuel Estermann Patent: DE 498286 1930-05-21 |
1929 | |
| 16 |
Sammelreferate: Radioaktive Methoden in der physikalischen Chemie (Radioactive methods in physical chemistry) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie und Angewandte Physikalische Chemie 35, 368-373 (1929) |
| 15 |
Das elektrische Dipolmoment des Pentaerythrits nach der Molekularstrahlmethode (The electric dipole moment of pentaerythritol by means of the molecular ray method) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B: Chemie der Elementarprozesse, Aufbau der Materie B2, 287-288 (1929) |
| 14 |
Elektrische Dipolmomente von Molekülen Immanuel Estermann Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften 8, 258-306 (1929), Publisher: J. Springer, Berlin |
1928 | |
| 13 |
Über die elektrometrische Bestimmung der Konzentration von Calciumionen mit Hilfe von Elektroden dritter Art (The electrometric determination of the concentration of calcium ions by means of electrodes of the third class) Martin Heinrich Corten, Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 136, 228-230 (1928) (M. H. Corten wird als Martin Heinrich Corten vermutet) |
| 12 |
Elektrische Dipolmomente von organischen Molekülen (Electric dipole moments of organic molecules) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B: Chemie der Elementarprozesse, Aufbau der Materie B1, 134-160 (1928) |
| 11 |
Untersuchung elektrischer Dipolmomente von organischen Molekülen nach der Molekularstrahlmethode (Determination of electrical dipole moments of organic molecules by the molecular beam method) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B: Chemie der Elementarprozesse, Aufbau der Materie B1, 161-169 (1928) |
| 10 |
Elektrische Dipolmomente von organischen Molekülen. II (Electric dipole moments of organic molecules. II) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B: Chemie der Elementarprozesse, Aufbau der Materie B1, 422-426 (1928) |
1927 | |
| 9 |
Ueber den Mechanismus der Verdampfung und Kondensation Immanuel Estermann Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg 21 (3-4) 39-46 (1927) |
1925 | |
| 8 |
Über die Bildung von Niederschlägen durch Molekularstrahlen (The formation of deposits by molecular radiation) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie und Angewandte Physikalische Chemie 31, 441-447 (1925) |
| 7 |
Über den Einfluß der Strahldichte sowie der geometrischen Dimensionen auf die Bildung von Niederschlägen durch Molekularstrahlen (The influence of the density and geometrical dimensions of the stream on the deposit due to streams of molecules) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physik 33, 320-324 (1925) |
1923 | |
| 6 |
Über die Sichtbarmachung dünner Silberschichten auf Glas (The visible production of thin silver layers on glass) Immanuel Estermann, Otto Stern Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 106, 399-402 (1923) |
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Über
die Struktur dünner Silberniederschläge (The structure of thin silver deposits) Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 106, 403-406 (1923) |
1921 | |
| 4 |
Über den Verdampfungskoeffizienten von festem und flüssigem Quecksilber (The vaporization coefficients of solid and liquid mercury) Max Volmer, Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physik 7, 1-12 (1921) |
| 3 |
Über den Mechanismus der Molekülabscheidung an Kristallen (The mechanism of molecular condensation on crystals) Max Volmer, Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physik 7, 13-17 (1921) |
| 2 |
Über den Verdampfungskoeffizienten und seine Beziehung zur Oswaldschen Stufenregel (Vaporization coefficient and its relation to Ostwald's step-wise rule) Max Volmer, Immanuel Estermann Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 99, 383-394 (1921) |
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Über den Verdampfungskoeffizienten und seine Beziehung zur Ostwaldschen Stufenregel (Vaporization coefficient and its relation to Ostwald's step-wise rule) Immanuel Estermann -/- Supervisor: Max Volmer Dissertation, Hamburg (1921) Reprint: Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 99, 383-394 (1921) |