Hideki Shirakawa
Hideki Shirakawa ( Japanese 白川英 樹 Shirakawa Hideki , born August 20, 1936 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a Japanese chemist . Together with Alan J. Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid , he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for the discovery and development of conductive polymers . In the same year he was awarded the Japanese Order of Culture .
The starting point for his groundbreaking work was his (allegedly accidental) discovery that the electrical conductivity of polyacetylene can be increased by several orders of magnitude through doping . Conductive polymers are used, for example, as antistatic packaging for sensitive electronic components. Current research is particularly aimed at the development of polymer-based semiconductors for the production of cheap electronic components (" organic electronics ") such as transistors , light-emitting diodes , organic solar cells (OPV) and flexible conductor tracks.
He works at Tsukuba University .
Web links
- Information from the Nobel Foundation on the award ceremony 2000 to Hideki Shirakawa
- Short biography , Japanese Britannica
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| SURNAME | Shirakawa, Hideki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 白川英 樹 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo , Japan |