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細野秀雄

physicist

Hideo Hosono is a Japanese material scientist most known for the discovery of iron-based superconductors.

Career

He is also a pioneer in developing transparent oxide semiconductors: he proposed a material design concept for an transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor (TAOS) with large electron mobility, demonstrated the excellent performance of TAOS thin film transistors for next generation displays and successfully converted a cement constituent 12CaO·7A12O3 into transparent semiconductor, metal, and eventually superconductors. 2009 Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon).

Achievements

  • 2009 Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon) 2012 Nishina Memorial Prize 2013 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates 2015 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy.