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Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男, Iijima Sumio, born 2 May 1939) is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes.
Sep 26, 2023 · Senior Research Fellow, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba (Joined NEC in 1987 as Senior Principal Researcher) 1999-Present. University Professor, Meijo University, Nagoya (Visiting Lecturer, 1998 - 1999), (Professor 1999 - 2010) (University Professor 2010- ) 2001-2015.
Oct 6, 2021 · Sumio Iijima is a Japanese physicist and inventor who was the first to clearly describe the formation of carbon nanotubes and imagine their potential. Iijima's 1991 discovery and subsequent work sparked a revolution in nanotechnology, which uses materials measured in nanometers (one billionth of a meter).
Sumio Iijima. For the discovery and elucidation of the atomic structure and helical character of multi-wall and single-wall carbon nanotubes, which have had an enormous impact on the rapidly growing condensed matter and materials science field of nanoscale science and electronics.
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Nov 7, 1991 · On 7 November 1991, Sumio Iijima announced in Nature the preparation of nanometre-size, needle-like tubes of carbon — now familiar as 'nanotubes'. Used in microelectronic circuitry and ...
Nov 5, 2020 · As one of the materials that support nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes have been gathering global attention. Dr. Sumio Iijima, an NEC Senior Research Fellow, has continued, to this date, to take an active role in research activities since his discovery of this material.