Hideki Shirakawa
Japanese chemist, engineer, and professor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, Shirakawa Hideki, born August 20, 1936) is a Japanese chemist, engineer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University. He is best known for his discovery of conductive polymers. He was co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger.
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Born | (1936-08-20) August 20, 1936 (age 87) Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Known for | Conductive polymers |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000) Person of Cultural Merit (2000) Order of Culture (2000) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania University of Tsukuba |
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