Japanese scientist Shirakawa, co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies at 90
Summary
Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering that plastics can conduct electricity, has died at age 90. His work with two American researchers led to new materials used in electronics like solar cells and phone screens.Key Facts
- Hideki Shirakawa was a Japanese chemist born in Tokyo in 1936.
- He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 with Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid.
- Their discovery showed that certain plastics can conduct electricity like metals.
- Shirakawa joined the University of Tsukuba in 1979 and worked there until his death.
- He died on August 24 at a hospital in Yokohama, Japan.
- Shirakawa earned a doctorate in engineering in 1966 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- His research began at the University of Pennsylvania with his American colleagues.
- Their work helped create cheaper, lighter, and flexible conductive materials used in electronic devices.
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