21. Nobel Prize Winning Chemists nobel Prize Winning Chemists. 1999 2001 hideki shirakawa. The nobelPrize In Chemistry 2000. hideki shirakawa has been a faculty http://www.sanbenito.k12.tx.us/district/webpages2002/judymedrano/Nobel Winners/h

Nobel Prize Winning Chemists Hideki Shirakawa The Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2000 Hideki Shirakawa has been a faculty member of Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba for more than 20 years and has dedicated his life to both his research and education. He explored an unprecedented new area of polymer science by leading insulating polyacetylene to electrically conducting one. This achievement was often said to be triggered by an accidental mistakea thousand fold too much catalyst was added during synthesis of polymerresulting in a beautiful silvery film which possessed many superior properties to metals when he was research associate of Chemical Resources Laboratory at Tokyo Institute of Technology. When Professor Alan MacDiarmid heard about the film synthesiszed by Dr. Shirakawa, he invited him to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as a post-doctoral fellow. They worked together with Dr. Alan Heeger in order to understand the mechanisms of the appearance of conductivity in insulating polymers and finally came to a conclusion that it is possible to introduce carriers in polymers by doping: modifying polyacetylene by oxidation with halogen vapor. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 2000, was awarded to Professor Hideki Shirakawa, who jointly shared with Professor Alan J. Heeger and Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers" on October 10, 2000.

22. Asiaweek.com | A Question Of Pride | 10/27/2000 With Gao, that put two antiestablishment figures on the nobel honor roll The thirdlaureate from the region was shirakawa hideki of Japan's University of http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1027/nat.noble_award.html

Home Magazine Archive Special Reports Asiaweek 1000 Financial 500 Best Cities Salary Survey ... More... Other News TIME Asia TIME.com CNN Asia FORTUNE.com ... SEARCH ASIAWEEK A Question of Pride Asia's Nobel prizes celebrate reform, freedom and innovation By ALEJANDRO REYES ALSO: Inside the Soul Mountain: Gao Xingjian and the freedom to write In Gao Xingjian's play Bus Stop, frustrated commuters wait ten years for a vehicle that never pulls in. The victory bus finally arrived for Gao himself last week when he was named this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature. The first Chinese writer to win the prestigious award, Paris-based Gao had been on the shortlist for some years, though the dissident writer's selection was still a big surprise. More prominent Chinese figures acceptable to Beijing had been considered better bets. Some of Gao's rivals were positively peeved. Red Sorghum author Mo Yan hung up when Asiaweek phoned for a reaction. He answered a second call with a "no comment." For the first time, Asia is celebrating three Nobel prizes in the same year. The trio was capped on Oct. 13 when the Nobel committee in Oslo announced that after 14 consecutive nominations, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung had finally won the peace prize for his commitment to democracy, human rights and reconciliation with the Communist North. With Gao, that put two anti-establishment figures on the Nobel honor roll, international recognition that reform and the defense of liberty have become Asia's new touchstones. The third laureate from the region was Shirakawa Hideki of Japan's University of Tsukuba who won the chemistry prize for his work on developing conductive plastics.

23. INDEX nobel prize. nobel Prize. nobel prize. nobel prize. nobel, Alfred. OPAC. Oracle91. Schrodinger, Erwin. Sea slug. shirakawa, hideki. Solar power satellite. Spaceenergy. http://202.41.94.163/nov00/

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24. Consulate General Of Japan In New York Vol.084, December 2000 / January 2001. Japan's Ninth nobel Laureate,hideki shirakawa, Shares 2000 nobel Prize In Chemistry. The 2000 http://www.cgj.org/en/c/vol_08-4/title_01.html

Vol.08-4 December 2000 / January 2001 Japan's Ninth Nobel Laureate, Hideki Shirakawa, Shares 2000 Nobel Prize In Chemistry The 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Hideki Shirakawa, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, together with U.S. Professors Alan Heeger of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania. These three scientists were awarded the prize in recognition of their development of conductive polymers, a discovery so revolutionary that it is said to "break through the barriers of common sense." The development of conductive polymers represents more than a theoretical scientific breakthrough. It has already had, and will continue to have many practical and commercial applications. For example, conductive polymer technology is used in many industrial processes, and it is an indispensable component in information technology-related equipment.

25. CHE286/486 - Polymer Science And Technology - Polymer Scientists Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and hideki shirakawa (2000) Electrically conductingand semiconducting polymers. One more scientist (nobel Prize in 1921) whose http://www.che.rochester.edu/Courses/CHE286/scientists.htm

University of Rochester Department of Chemical Engineering CHE 286/486 Polymer Science and Technology Famous Polymer Scientists Nobel Prize Winners Hermann Staudinger (1953) polymer chain formula. Brief biography Staudinger's contributions in the story of rubber Natta's biography Ziegler's biography Paul Flory (1974) Polymer thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular weight distribution, solution theory. Autobiographical sketch One of Flory's most important contributions is for the theory of polymer solutions, which has come to be called the Flory-Huggins model. Huggins was a scientist here with Kodak in Rochester. R. Bruce Merrifield (1984) Solid phase polypeptide synthesis. Prof. Merrifield's group web site His autobiography (Amazon.com) Pierre DeGennes (1993) Polymer solid state theory and liquid crystals. Prof. Degennes web site Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa (2000) Electrically conducting and semiconducting polymers Alan Heeger Nobel Prize Lecture Interview with Prof. Heeger regarding conducting polymers Alan MacDiarmid - Short biography Alan MacDiarmid Nobel Prize Lecture ... Hideki Shirakawa Nobel Prize Lecture One more scientist (Nobel Prize in 1921) whose contributions concerning Brownian motion viscosity of solutions , and light scattering are absolutely essential to polymer science, even if he is best known for other, unrelated work.

26. PM - 28/11/01: Japan Wins Nobel Prize For Chemistry electricity. JAPANESE nobel PRIZE WINNER DR hideki shirakawa Yeah,we have many programs so we have to improve our many systems. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/s427985.htm

ABC RADIO Listen to this story [Requires Microsoft Media Player This is a transcript of PM broadcast at 1800 AEST on local radio. Japan wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry PM - Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:44 HAMISH ROBERTSON: There was rejoicing in Japan earlier this year when one of its scientists won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry and the main reason why the award got such attention in the world's second largest economy is that it's so rare. Japan has a relatively dismal record in science. The Government is now trying to come up with a new formula for success and has even set itself the rather ambitious target of winning 29 more Nobel Prizes over the next 50 years. MARK SIMKIN: Japan is one of the richest nations the world has ever seen. It's famous for its manufacturing genius and technological muscle, but in the world of science it's a relative weakling. In the last decade only two Japanese scientists have won Nobel Prizes compared with 44 for the United States and five for Germany. One of the Japanese winners is Hideki Shirakawa, who was rewarded with the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2000 for his work creating a type of plastic that conducts electricity. JAPANESE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - DR HIDEKI SHIRAKAWA: Yeah, we have many programs so we have to improve our many systems.

27. Nobel Laureates Aided Information Age In recognition of this future promise, the 2000 nobel Prize in Chemistry wasawarded to hideki shirakawa, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan), Alan Heeger, Univ. http://www.spie.org/web/oer/december/dec00/nobel.html

Number 204 December 2000 New Applications for Lasers Revolutionizing Light: LEDs, ELDs, and OLEDs ... Symposium Announcements Bylined articles in OE Reports reflect the author's opinion; inclusion in this publication does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the editors or by SPIE. Nobel Laureates aided Information Age Zhores Alferov Jack S. Kilby Herbert Kroemer Hideki Shirakawa Alan Heeger Alan MacDiarmid The invention of the transistor, integrated circuit, and semiconductor heterostructures spawned a technological revolution that has culminated in the Information Age. Without these technologies, computers and the Internet wouldn't exist. Recognizing the discoveries that ushered in this hi-tech era, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics to Jack S. Kilby of Texas Instruments for the invention of the integrated circuit; and Zhores I. Alferov (see SPIE Member Zhores Alferov awarded Nobel Prize, SPIE Scene ), director of the A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, and Herbert Kroemer, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara, for the semiconductor heterostructure, which is important in microelectronics (heterojunction bipolar transistor, high electron mobility transistor) and for laser diodes and LEDs. These developments spawned the new field of optoelectronics, the merger of optics and electronics in a hybrid manner. "We do have integration on the circuit board level," said SPIE Technical Director Jit Rai-Choudhury. "Though theoretically possible on an integrated circuit chip, it is not as cost-effective to fabricate III-V compounds alongside silicon, though there is promise with the development of conducting polymers."

28. The Long And Winding Road To The Nobel Prize For Alan MacDiarmid - Almanac, Vol. the entire community of scholars here at Penn introduced nobel laureate, Professor thisyoung junior faculty member sitting on my leftDr. hideki shirakawa. http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v47/n08/nobel2000.html

Excerpts from the October 10 Press Conference with "the father of Synthetic Metals," Penn's newest Nobelist and the Chemistry Department's first professor to win. For Penn Nobel Laureates, See the list on the University Archives website The Long and Winding Road to the Nobel Prize for Alan MacDiarmid Dr. MacDiarmid in his laboratory. Provost Robert Barchi, "on behalf of President Rodin and the entire community of scholars here at Penn" introduced Nobel laureate, Professor Alan MacDiarmid. Alan MacDiarmid I would like to thank you for your very kind comments and to say that from my point of view (I have now started my 43rd year as a fulltime member of the faculty of the Chemistry Department at Penn) that I greatly appreciate the magnificent climate which Penn has provided us. My colleagues in all the departments at the University carry out research as well as the extremely important complimentary aspect of university life, namely teaching undergraduates and graduates in the classroom. However, one point that is frequently overlooked, is that researchundergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral studentsis also teaching. Quite often, teaching is considered to take place only in the classroom, or in a laboratory associated with a lecture course. However, it also encompasses work in the research laboratory. This involves a one-to-one faculty to student ratio! It's been a great climate here at Penn for all of us and a wonderful academic home. Responding to Reporters Is there any "eureka" moment that spawned this research? How did this all come together?

29. Nobel Prize Winners - Almanac Between Issues 10/10/00 This year's nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid professorof physics at UC Santa Barbara as well as Dr. hideki shirakawa of the http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/between/nobel2000.html

ALMANAC BETWEEN ISSUES October 10, 2000 Breaking News This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry at Penn, along with Dr. Alan J. Heeger, former Penn professor and director of LRSM, now a professor of physics at UC Santa Barbara as well as Dr. Hideki Shirakawa of the University of Tsukaba, Japan. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize to the three scientists "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers." They have "revolutionized the development of electrically conductive polymers." The Royal Academy announced that "Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa made their seminal findings at the end of the 1970s and have subsequently developed conductive polymers into a research field of great importance for chemists as well as physicists. The area has also yielded important practical applications. Conductive plastics are used in, or being developed industrially for, e.g. anti-static substances for photographic film, shields for computer screen against electromagnetic radiation and for "smart" windows (that can exclude sunlight). In addition, semi-conductive polymers have recently been developed in light-emitting diodes, solar cells and as displays in mobile telephones and mini-format television screens. Research on conductive polymers is also closely related to the rapid development in molecular electronics. In the future we will be able to produce transistors and other electronic components consisting of individual molecules - which will dramatically increase the speed and reduce the size of our computers. A computer corresponding to what we now carry around in our bags would suddenly fit inside a watch"

30. Professor Emeritus Shirakawa Awarded 2000 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Professor Emeritus shirakawa Awarded 2000 nobel Prize in Chemistry The 2000 nobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to hideki shirakawa, professor emeritus http://www.fpcj.jp/e/shiryo/jb/0038.html

October 20, 2000 Professor Emeritus Shirakawa Awarded 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Hideki Shirakawa, professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, together with Professor Alan Heeger of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Professor Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. These three scientists have been awarded the prize in recognition of their successful achievements in the world-first discovery and development of conductive polymers, thereby breaking through the barriers of common sense. This technology is now used in many ways in industry, and it has become indispensable for information technology-related and other equipment. Shirakawa becomes the ninth Japanese to receive the Nobel Prize. The announcement by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences described the achievement as "revolutionary." The academy explained the reasons for the award as follows: "We have been taught that plastics, unlike metals, do not conduct electricity. In fact plastic is used as insulation round the copper wires in ordinary electric cables. Yet this year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are being rewarded for their revolutionary discovery that plastic

31. Chemists Win Nobel For Optical Polymers - November, 2000 size='1' The B Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences /B has awarded the nobel Prizein chemistry to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and hideki shirakawa. http://www.photonics.com/spectra/news/XQ/ASP/pbullid.273/QX/read.htm

SPECTRA HOME CURRENT ISSUE TABLE OF CONTENTS TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ... SUBSCRIBE FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS email photonics@ laurin.com Presstime Bulletin November 2000 Edition Send News to photonics@laurin.com or submit online here Sponsored by: Chemists Win Nobel for Optical Polymers The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa. The researchers are being honored for their work with conductive polymers, paving the way for organic electroluminescent display technology. Conductive plastic films have found applications in reducing static electricity and interference on computer screens and photographic film. At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in the early 1970s, Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa discovered that they could increase the conductivity of a form of polyacetylene a billion times by doping it with iodine. In 1990, Heeger went on to found Uniax Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., which investigated the development of organic LED devices. Return to the previous page Browse Accent on Applications Presstime Bulletin Article Abstracts BusinessWorld ... Spectra Contents top of page Photonics.com: Optical, Laser and Fiber Optics Resource

32. NOBEL PRIZES mail macdiarm@sas.upenn.edu. 2000 nobel prize winner in medicine.hideki shirakawa. Born 1936 Residence Ibaraki, Japan Affiliation http://www.bioscience.org/urllists/nobel.htm

FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE; NOBEL PRIZES 2000 Nobel prize winner in medicine Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard And Eric Kandel jointly won nobel prize for their discoveries in signal transduction in the nervous system ARVID CARLSSON Born: January 25, 1923 Place of birth: Uppsala, Sweden Residence: Sweden Affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Göteborg Medicine Address: Department of Pharmacology University of Göteborg Medicinaregatan 7 Box 431, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden Tel: +46 31-773 34 35 Fax: +46 31-82 17 95 E-mail: arvid.carlsson@pharm.gu.se 2000 Nobel prize winner in medicine Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard And Eric Kandel jointly won nobel prize for their discoveries in signal transduction in the nervous system PAUL GREENGARD Born: December 11, 1925 Place of birth: New York, NY, USA Residence: New York, USA Affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University Address: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA E-mail: greengd@rockvax.rockefeller.edu

33. Department Of Chemical Engineering And Chemistry The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the nobel Prize inChemistry for 2000 jointly to. hideki shirakawa University of Tsukuba, Japan. http://chem.poly.edu/pri/nobel.cfm

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 High School Program Visual Poster Sessions Annual Meetings Research Topics ... Papers and publications The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000 jointly to Alan J. Heeger University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, Alan G. MacDiarmid University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Hideki Shirakawa University of Tsukuba, Japan "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers" Plastic that conducts electricity We have been taught that plastics, unlike metals, do not conduct electricity. In fact plastic is used as insulation round the copper wires in ordinary electric cables.Yet this year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are being rewarded for their revolutionary discovery that plastic can , after certain modifications, be made electrically conductive. Plastics are polymers, molecules that repeat their structure regularly in long chains. For a polymer to be able to conduct electric current it must consist alternately of single and double bonds between the carbon atoms. It must also be "doped", which means that electrons are removed (through oxidation) or introduced (through reduction). These "holes" or extra electrons can move along the molecule - it becomes electrically conductive. Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa made their seminal findings at the end of the 1970s and have subsequently developed conductive polymers into a research field of great importance for chemists as well as physicists. The area has also yielded important practical applications. Conductive plastics are used in, or being developed industrially for, e.g. anti-static substances for photographic film, shields for computer screen against electromagnetic radiation and for "smart" windows (that can exclude sunlight). In addition, semi-conductive polymers have recently been developed in light-emitting diodes, solar cells and as displays in mobile telephones and mini-format television screens.

34. Nobel Prize 2000 nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000. at Santa Barbara, USA Alan G. MacDiarmid Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA hideki shirakawa University of Tsukuba http://www.wam.umd.edu/~smela/nobel.htm

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Given to Discoverers of Conjugated Polymers The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000 jointly to: Alan J. Heeger University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Alan G. MacDiarmid University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA Hideki Shirakawa University of Tsukuba, Japan " for the discovery and development of conductive polymers " We have been taught that plastics, unlike metals, do not conduct electricity. In fact plastic is used as insulation round the copper wires in ordinary electric cables. Yet this year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are being rewarded for their revolutionary discovery that plastic can, after certain modifications, be made electrically conductive. Plastics are polymers, molecules that repeat their structure regularly in long chains. For a polymer to be able to conduct electric current it must consist alternately of single and double bonds between the carbon atoms. It must also be "doped", which means that electrons are removed (through oxidation) or introduced (through reduction). These "holes" or extra electrons can move along the molecule - it becomes electrically conductive. Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa made their seminal findings at the end of the 1970s and have subsequently developed conductive polymers into a research field of great importance for chemists as well as physicists. The area has also yielded important practical applications. Conductive plastics are used in, or being developed industrially for, e.g. anti-static substances for photographic film, shields for computer screen against electromagnetic radiation and for "smart" windows (that can exclude sunlight). In addition, semi-conductive polymers have recently been developed in light-emitting diodes, solar cells and as displays in mobile telephones and mini-format television screens.

35. Bio.Hideki Shirakawa Dr. hideki shirakawa was born in Tokyo on August 20, 1936. Science, Japan in 2000,Order of Culture in 2000 from Japanese Government and the nobel Prize for http://www.jspsusa.org/FORUM2001/bio.Shirakawa.htm

36. Hideki Shirakawa hideki shirakawa. This paper was presented at Aula Magna, Stockholm University onDecember 8, 2000, as a nobel Prize Lecture, which describes my previous work http://www.jspsusa.org/FORUM2001/Shirakawa.htm

37. Internet Resources On Japan: Science And Technology for the promotion permeation of science . To the top. nobel Laureate hidekishirakawa. hideki shirakawa OnDemand Video, Interview nobel lecture. http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/japan-science.html

Nobel Laureate Hideki Shirakawa Traditional Medicine The Environment Brief History of Technology in Japan An ongoing series from ICT, Inc. of Japan Delphion Intellectual Property Network Searchable patent collection including Abstracts of Japan Eurotechnology: Japan e-Business Management Partners Japan Atlas: Advanced Technology Geographical Survey Institute Information about "a national surveying & mapping organization of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport," with samples of aerial photographs, photo maps, topographic maps, regional maps, land use maps, etc. Japan Medical Association (JMA) Japanese Patent Office (JPO) National Center for Science Information Systems National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) ... Science Council of Japan "representative organization of Japanese scientists ... for the promotion & permeation of science" Nobel Laureate Hideki Shirakawa Hideki Shirakawa: On-Demand Video Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Press Release Announcement of co-winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 "for the discovery & development of conductive polymers" (Oct. 10, 2000), with useful links & further reading

38. Kimyaokulu - Nobel ödülü Kazanan Bilim Adamlarý nobel ÖDÜLÜ KAZANAN BILIM ADAMLARI VE YAPTIGI ÇALISMALAR. G. MAC PensilvanyaÜniversitesi, Philadelplia, ABD shirakawa, hideki Tsukuba Üniverditesi http://www.kimyaokulu.com/bilimin onculeri/nobel/nobel_odulu_kazananlar01.htm

NOBEL ÖDÜLÜ KAZANAN BÝLÝM ADAMLARI VE YAPTIÐI ÇALIÞMALAR YIL YAPILAN ÇALIÞMALAR VE BÝLÝM ADAMLARI HOEGER, ALAN J. Kaliforniya Üniversitesi, Santa Barbara, California, ABD DÝARMÝD, ALAN G. MAC Pensilvanya Üniversitesi, Philadelplia, ABD SHIRAKAWA, HÝDEKÝ Tsukuba Üniverditesi, Japonya Ýletken Polimerlerin Bulunmasý ve geliþtirilmesi ZEWAÝL, AHMET H. Kaliforniya Teknoloji Enstitüsü, ABD Femtosaniye spektroskapi kullanarak kimyasal reaksiyonlarda geçiþ durumlarý konusunda yaptýðý çalýþma KOHN, WALTER A.B.D., Kaliforniya Üniversitesi, Santa Barbara, CA, A.B.D., d. 1923; ve POPLE, JOHN A. A.B.D., Northwestern Üniversitesi, Evanston, IL, A.S.A, d. 1925: Walter Kohn’a yoðunluk fonksiyoneli kuramý bulduðu için, John Pople’a, kuantum kimyasýnda hesaplamalý yöntemleri geliþtirdiði için BOYER, PAUL D. A.B.D., Kaliforniya Üniversitesi, Los Angeles, A.B.D., d. 1918; ve WALKER, JOHN E. Ýngiltere, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom, d. 1941; Adenozin Trifosfat (ATP) sentezinin enzimatik mekanizmasýný aydýnlattýklarý için; ve

39. What's Up Around The Prime Ministeri14j Dr. hideki shirakawa, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, to whom theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences had decided to award the nobel Prize in http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/moritoku_e/moritoku_e_15/

Dr. Hideki Shirakawa, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2000, visits the Prime Minister (18 October 2000) Click on the images to see a larger version. "We aim to realize a nation founded on the creativity of science and technology. I hope that many young scientists will follow your suit. The news of your being awarded the Nobel Prize has made us happy and proud. Professor Shirakawa, I sincerely offer my heartfelt congratulations." On 18 October 2000, Prime Minister Mori received at the Kantei (Official Residence of the Prime Minister) Dr. Hideki Shirakawa, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, to whom the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences had decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000, and talked with the Laureate for half an hour. Referring to a news report which stated that Professor Shirakawa, as a schoolboy, had not been good at some subjects, Prime Minister Mori said: "I have to thank Professor Shirakawa for vindicating my view that a student does not necessarily have to be good at all subjects. If that student excels in one area, his or her education is a success." Professor Shirakawa remarked on the decision of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that the potential of his work for the advancement of the IT revolution must have weighed in his favor. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000 is awarded jointly to Professor Shirakawa and two American scientists, Professor Alan J. Heeger of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania, "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers."

40. Mainichi Interactive - Top News From The MDN products more convenient for use by the public and his subsequent achievementshave now borne fruit as hideki shirakawa shared the 2000 nobel Prize in http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/200010/12/news02.html

Archives Mainichi Daily News Thursday, October 12, 2000 Nobel winner Shirakawa reaps benefits of an honest life Mainichi Shimbun Mainichi Shimbun Hideki Shirakawa A boy's dream - making plastic products more convenient for use by the public - and his subsequent achievements have now borne fruit as Hideki Shirakawa shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two fellow scientists. All those who know Shirakawa, a 64-year-old professor emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, say he is "modest" and "honest." One of them, Tsukuba University Professor Kazuo Akagi, dubbed Shirakawa's "top disciple," says the Nobel prize laureate takes care to treat people with respect. "You should say only 20 percent to 30 percent of what you really want to say and you should be considerate of other people's feelings in forming good relations," Akagi quoted Shirakawa as telling him. Asked about how he felt upon hearing of his award, Shirakawa humbly told reporters in front of his Yokohama home Wednesday, "I was really surprised. (By receiving the prize) I now find myself in a more socially responsible position." Perhaps reflecting Shirakawa's modest and humble reputation, he apparently made his decision to become a scientist for the good of the people, and not for power or glory.

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