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@Distinguished Invited University Professor Sumio Iijima was awarded the Kavli prize in Nanoscience for 2008 (www.kavliprize.no), a partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (www.dnva.no), The Kavli Foundation (www.kavlifoundation.org), and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (www.regjeringen.no). The laureates of the Kavli prizes were selected for their groundbreaking research that has significantly advanced our understanding of the unusual properties of matter on an ultra-small scale, the basic circuitry of the human brain and the nature of quasars. The seven laureates, from the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan and the US, will receive a scroll, medal and a share of the $1,000,000 prize for each subject.
@This yearfs Kavli prize in Nanoscience was awarded jointly to Professor Iijima and Louis E. Brus of Columbia University, for the large impact of their research in the development of the nanoscience field of the zero and dimensional nanostructure in physics, chemistry and biology. |
