Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited for his discovery of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "invention", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of nanotechnology.
Background
- Born in
- Koshigaya
- Educated at
- Tohoku UniversityUniversity of Oxford
- Awards
- 🏆 Clarivate Citation Laureates🏆 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience🏆 Carbon Medal🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
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1939
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