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Authorised form of name	Hush; Noel Sydney (1924 - 2019)
Dates	1924 - 2019
Nationality	Australian
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of birth	15/12/1924
Occupation	Chemist
Research field	Electron transport
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	17/03/1988
Age at election	63
OtherInfo	Noel Hush’s research focused on the area of homogeneous and heterogeneous electron transfer. Noel was one of the first to show that electron transfer is adiabatic, or nearly so, and his theory has been experimentally confirmed for electron-transfer steps at metallic electrodes. It is now accepted also that the majority of outer sphere electron-transfer processes between ions are adiabatic. Noel recognised that electron transfer can occur by either optical or thermal mechanisms and that the corresponding rates are closely connected theoretically; Henry Taube’s experimental studies have been underpinned by these theories. Significant experimental studies of mixed valence complexes and, most recently, of long-range electron transfer in biological systems demonstrate further the range of innovative contributions which Noel made to chemical physics. Professor Noel Hush AO FRS died on 20 March 2019.
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/273600259
Code	NA4456

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
IM/002326	Hush, Noel Sydney	December 1999
EC/1988/16	Hush, Noel Sydney: certificate of election to the Royal Society	1985

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