Sumio Iijima
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 84 |
| Date of birth | May 2,1939 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Saitama |
| Japan | |
| Field | Nanotechnology |
| Known for | High resolution electron microscope |
| High resolution electron microscope and Carbon nanotubes | |
| Awards | Nishina Memorial Prize |
| Person of Cultural Merit | |
| Asahi Prize | |
| Gregori Aminoff Prize | |
| James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials | |
| Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics | |
| Kavli Prize in Nanoscience | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Tohoku University |
| Nagoya University | |
| The University of Electro-Communications | |
| Tohoku University Katahira Campus | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 716118 |
Sumio Iijima Life story
Sumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "invention", Iijima's 1991 paper generated ...
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