Abstract
CHEMIST HIROO INOKUCHI , 80, has won the 2007 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his fundamental contributions to organic and molecular electronics. He will receive a gold medal and a cash gift of approximately $410,000 during a Nov. 10 ceremony in Kyoto, Japan. Inokuchi, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and the Institute for Molecular Science of Japan's National Institutes of Natural Sciences, pioneered research on electronic processes in semiconducting organic molecules, such as rubrene and p -terphenyl, and demonstrated that such molecules could serve as useful materials for electronic components. Inokuchi also studied charge transport in organic semiconducting molecules, developed ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy for organic thin films, and demonstrated the catalytic activity of some organic materials. Inokuchi says he is happy that his work has been internationally appreciated at last. He points out that he began his studies of organic compounds 60 years ago, when he was 19 a...
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