Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, has died aged 88.
His death was announced on Saturday by the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, where Mr Alferov had been a deputy since 1995.
One of the Great People of our time & world’s most prominent physicists, Nobel Prize Laureate Russian-Soviet genius Zhores #Alferov passes away at the age of 88. It’s an irreplaceable loss for science and humanity. Our sincere condolences to his loved ones, family & colleagues ?️ pic.twitter.com/FebDvcwiAO
— Russia in RSA ?? (@EmbassyofRussia) March 2, 2019
News reports said he died of cardiopulmonary failure.
Mr Alferov shared the Nobel Physics Prize in 2000 for developments in semiconductor research that have been used in satellite communications and mobile telephones.
At the time of the prize, he was director of the AF Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg.
He later became chairman of the Russian Academy of Science’s nanotechnology committee.
In the Duma, he was a member of the Communist Party faction and served on the committee for Eurasian integration and Commonwealth of Independent States affairs.
