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An Application-Driven Search for New Materials
Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering
Shigeo Maruyama
The anticipation and thrill as a scientist of discovering something new, and the joy and satisfaction as an engineer of putting that discovery to effective use, exist side-by-side in the research arena. Following the revolutionary discovery of a method for synthesizing single-walled carbon nanotubes, the search goes on for future new materials, focused on their potential applications.