Hideo Hosono facts for kids
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Hideo Hosono
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Hosono in 2017
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| Born | September 7, 1953 Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| Known for | iron-based superconductors thin-film transistors |
| Awards | Japan Prize Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon) Research Achievement Award (Japanese Society of Applied Physics) James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials science |
| Institutions | Institute of Science Tokyo Tokyo Institute of Technology Nagoya Institute of Technology |
Hideo Hosono (細野秀雄, Hosono Hideo, born September 7, 1953) is a famous Japanese material scientist. He is best known for discovering iron-based superconductors.
Hosono, Hideki Shirakawa and Yoshinori Ohsumi were important speakers. They gave the first lecture at the Institute of Integrated Research (IIR). This institute is part of the Institute of Science Tokyo.
Early life and education
Hideo Hosono was born in September 1953. His hometown is in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. This area is a city near Tokyo.
He studied at the Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU). He graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry in 1977. Later, he earned his doctorate degree in engineering from TMU in 1982.
Career and research
Professor Hosono is a leader in creating new materials. He helped develop special materials called transparent oxide semiconductors. These materials are clear, like glass, but can also conduct electricity.
He came up with a way to design these materials. This design helps them move electrons very well. Electrons are tiny particles that carry electricity. This led to creating excellent thin film transistors. These transistors are used in modern displays, like the screens on your phone or computer.
He also did something amazing with a common material. He changed a part of cement into a transparent semiconductor. Then he turned it into a metal. Finally, he even made it into a superconductor. Superconductors are materials that can carry electricity with no energy loss. This is a very important discovery for future technology.
Awards and honors
Hideo Hosono has received many important awards for his work. Here are some of them:
- 2009 – Bernd T. Matthias Prize for Superconductivity
- 2009 – Medal of Honor (Purple Ribbon)
- 2012 – Nishina Memorial Prize
- 2013 – Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates
- 2015 – Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
- 2016 – Japan Prize
- 2017 – Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (a very respected science group)
- 2018 – Materials Research Society's Von Hippel Award
- 2022 – Eduard Rhein Technology Award
