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Sumio Iijima Quotes

Japanese physicist, chemist, and nanotechnologist (born 1939)

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Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男 Iijima Sumio, born May 2, 1939) is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. For this and other work Sumio Iijima was awarded, together with Louis Brus, the inaugural Kavli Prize for Nanoscience in 2008.

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Native Name: Ījima Sumio
Alternative Names: S. Iijima • S Iijima • Iijima • Iijima Sumio • Iijima S. • Iijima S

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Research can be undertaken in any kind of environment, as long as you have the interest. I believe that true education means fostering the ability to be interested in something.

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