His paper on the “Sol-Gel” technique, to extract nano particles, published in 1954, has been cited more than 68,000 times …!
He could easily be called the father of nano sciences…
See The end of an era of humane sciences, By Dr. B. M. Hegde, India [Published Date: September 9, 2010]
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