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Sumio Iijima

1939 - Today

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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. 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. Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1939, Iijima graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1963 from the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo. He received a Master's degree in 1965 and completed his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sumio Iijima has received more than 129,231 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sumio Iijima is the 559th most popular physicist (down from 531st in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from Japan (down from 931st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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  • 16

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Sumio Iijima ranks 559 out of 717. Before him are Abraham Alikhanov, David Deutsch, Carl August von Steinheil, Théophile de Donder, Wander Johannes de Haas, and Nicholas Kurti. After him are Aleksandr Stoletov, Robert Mills, Bryce DeWitt, Georg Adolf Erman, James Hansen, and Gustav Mie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Sumio Iijima ranks 287. Before him are Dariush Mehrjui, Khin Nyunt, Trịnh Công Sơn, Adrienne Clarkson, Ryozo Suzuki, and Valery Ryumin. After him are Michael Gothard, Livio Berruti, Christodoulos of Athens, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Eugenio Dal Corso, and Gila Almagor.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sumio Iijima ranks 1,039 out of 6,048. Before him are Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Keizo Imai (1950), Tōru Furuya (1953), Ryozo Suzuki (1939), and Tadao Onishi (1943). After him are Masayuki Mori (1911), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Aritatsu Ogi (1942), Shizuo Miyama (null), Ichiji Otani (1912), and Teizo Takeuchi (1908).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Sumio Iijima ranks 15. Before him are Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Shuji Nakamura (1954), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hiroshi Amano (1960), and Takaaki Kajita (1959). After him are Ted Fujita (1920), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), and Shoichi Sakata (1911).

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