Sumio Iijima
Japanese physicist, chemist, and nanotechnologist
- Born
- 2 May 1939, Koshigaya
- Age
- 87
Sumio Iijima (born 2 May 1939) 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.
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