The 2007 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Materials Science and Engineering

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Hiroo Inokuchi

Japan / February 3, 1927
Chemist; Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo and Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences

"Pioneering and Fundamental Contributions to Organic Molecular Electronics"
Dr. Hiroo Inokuchi initiated pioneering research on electrical conduction between molecules with benzene rings and established the scientific foundation for studying the electrical conductivity of organic materials. Further, he systematically elucidated an electronic structure of a wide variety of organic materials by photoelectron spectroscopy. Through a series of such studies, he established the academic base essential for studying the electronic properties, making fundamental contributions to the subsequent development of organic molecular electronics.

Workshop

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Symposium:New Developments in Organic Semiconductors and Conductors

Coordinators
Tisato Kajiyama (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; President, Kyushu University)
Kazuhiko Seki (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)

13:00
Opening Address
Hiroyuki Sakaki (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Vice President, Toyota Technological Institute)
 
Introduction to Laureate
Hiroyuki Sakaki
 
Laureate Lecture
Hiroo Inokuchi (the Laureate in Advanced Technology)
"My 60 Years with Oraganic Semiconductors - From Basic Science to Advanced Technology"
 
Intermission
 
Session I
Chairperson: Yasuhiko Shirota (Professor, Fukui University of Technology)
 
Lecture A
Yoshiya Harada (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Seitoku University)
"Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Organic Semiconductors"
 
Lecture B
Tetsuo Tsutsui (Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University)
"Advances in Organic Semiconductor Devices"
 
Intermission
 
Session II
Chairperson: Takehiko Ishiguro (Fellow, Office for Research Initiative and Developments, Doshisha University)
 
Lecture C
Gunzi Saito (Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
"The World of Organic Conductors and Superconductors"
 
Lecture D
Susumu Yoshimura (Director/Specially Appointed Professor, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)
"Impact and Influences of Organic Electronic Materials on Industry"
 
Closing Remarks
Kazuhiko Seki
"Future Studies of Organic Semiconductors and Conductors"
17:10
Closing