Virtual International Microscopy Lecture Series - Professor Sumio Iijima

Sumio Iijima

Professor at Meijo University and former Director of the Carbon Materials Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University in 1969 and worked at Arizona State University (1970~1982) and the University of Cambridge (1979). He developed a high-resolution transmission electron microscope and studied many materials. In 1982, Iijima joined the Ultrafine Particles Project (JST) and moved to NEC Research Laboratories. In 1991 he discovered carbon nanotubes, ushering in a new era of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Recently, we have been working on the photothermo-acoustic properties of nanomaterials and atomic-resolution EDS-STEM imaging of complex Ti-Nb oxides. He has received numerous awards, including the Europhysics Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Order of Cultural Merit (Emperor), the Balzan Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, and the Kavli Prize. Member of the Japan Academy, NAS and CAS foreign member.