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Sumio Iijima

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Japanese nanotechnologist

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Sumio Iijima
Chemistry
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#114
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Nanotechnology
#3
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#3
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Sumio Iijima
Physics
#324
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#594
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Why Is Sumio Iijima Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, 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 unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of nanotechnology.

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Sumio Iijima's Published Works

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