The debye (/ dɪˈbaɪ / dib-EYE, [1] Dutch: [dəˈbɛiə]; symbol: D) is a CGS unit [2] (a non- SI metric unit) of electric dipole moment [note 1] named in honour of the physicist Peter J. W. Debye.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 was awarded to Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye "for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments …

Peter Debye carried out pioneering studies of molecular dipole moments, formulated theories of magnetic cooling and of electrolytic dissociation, and developed an X-ray diffraction technique for …

Peter Debye was a Dutch-American physical chemist and physicist who was awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "for his contributions to the study of molecular structure", investigating dipole …

Debye reached scientific maturity at exactly the right time and place. Thoroughly grounded in (indeed, one of the great masters of) the classical disciplines of mechanics and electrodynamics, he also …

Debye received his early education at the elementary and secondary schools in his home town. He continued his studies at the Aachen Institute of Technology (Technische Hochschule) and gained a …

In 1936, Debye received the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his research into the structure of molecules and for the measurement methods he had developed for this research.

Debye is a unit used to measure the strength of a molecular dipole moment, which is the measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a molecule.

Debye is a name that resonates in the world of science, especially in physics and chemistry. Peter Debye, a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, made groundbreaking contributions that …

Oct 29, 2025 · Peter Debye was a physical chemist whose investigations of dipole moments, X-rays, and light scattering in gases brought him the 1936 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.