Hideki Shirakawa

Hideki Shirakawa was a Japanese chemist and engineer who was Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University. He was best known for his discovery of conductive polymers. He was co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger.

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Who was born first?

• Hideki Shirakawa and Alan J. Heeger were born the same year
• Hideki Shirakawa and Margaret Hamilton were born the same year
• Hideki Shirakawa and Barry C. Barish were born the same year
• Hideki Shirakawa and Robert Wilson were born the same year
• Hideki Shirakawa and Samuel C. C. Ting were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alan J. HeegerJanuary 22, 1936 – present
2. Barry C. BarishJanuary 27, 1936 – present
3. Hideki Shirakawa (this page)August 20, 1936 – August 24, 2026
4. Margaret HamiltonAugust 17, 1936 – September 30, 2026
5. Robert WilsonJanuary 10, 1936 – present
6. Samuel C. C. TingJanuary 27, 1936 – present

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