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2007 Kyoto Prize Laureates
Advanced Technology Category
Prize Field: Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Hiroo Inokuchi
Chemist
Affiliation: The University of Tokyo and Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Title: Professor Emeritus
Date of Birth: February 3, 1927
Nationality: Japan
Background: Dr. Hiroo Inokuchi initiated pioneering research on electrical conduction between molecules with benzene rings, and established the scientific foundation for studying the electrical conductivity of organic materials. Further, he systematically elucidated the electronic structure of a wide variety of organic materials by photoelectron spectroscopy. Through a series of such research efforts, he established the academic basis for studying organic molecular electronics and made fundamental contributions to the subsequent development of the field.
| Brief Biography: |
1927 |
Born in Hiroshima, Japan |
| 1950-1959 |
Research Associate, School of Science, The University of Tokyo (1955-1957 Ramsay Fellow, The University of Nottingham) |
| 1956 |
D.Sc., The University of Tokyo |
| 1959-1960 |
Associate Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| 1960-1966 |
Associate Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo |
| 1967-1975 |
Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo |
| 1975-present |
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
| 1975-1987 |
Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institute |
| 1987-1993 |
Director General, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institute |
| 1993-1995 |
President, Okazaki National Research Institute |
| 1995-present |
Emeritus Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki National Research Institute (currently National Institutes of Natural Sciences) |
| 1996-2003 |
Chief Scientist, Space Utilization Research Programme, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) |
| 2001-present |
Academic Counselor, International Institute for Advanced Studies |
| 2003-present |
Consultant to the President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| 2005-present |
Distinguished Consultant, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences |
| 2006-present |
Chairman, Japan Space Forum |
| Selected Awards and Honors: |
| 1965 |
Japan Academy Prize, The Japan Academy |
| 1978 |
The Chemical Society of Japan Award, The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 1989 |
Fujihara Award, The Fujihara Foundation of Science |
| 1994 |
Person of Cultural Merit, Japan |
| 2001 |
Order of Culture, Japan |
| Member: |
The Japan Academy, The Chinese Academy of Science |
| Selected Publications: |
| 1950 |
On the Electrical Conductivity of Violanthrone, Iso-Violanthrone and Pyranthrone, The Journal of Chemical Physics 18: 810-811 (Akamatsu, H. and Inokuchi, H.). |
| 1954 |
Photoconductivity of Condensed Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 27: 22-27. |
| 1954 |
Electrical Conductivity of the Perylene-Bromine Complex, Nature 173: 168-169 (Akamatu, H., Inokuchi, H. and Matsunaga, Y.). |
| 1961 |
Electrical Conductivity of Organic Semiconductors, Solid State Physics 12: 93-148 (with Akamatsu, H.). |
| 1964 |
"Organic Semiconductors", Maki Shoten Publishing Co., p.201. (in Japanese). |
| 1986 |
A Novel Type of Organic Semiconductors. Molecular Fastener. Chemistry Letters : 1263-1266 (with Saito, G., Wu, P., Seki, K., Tang, T.B., Mori, T., Imaeda, K., Enoki, T., Higuchi, Y., Inaka, K. and Yasuoka, N.). |
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