Award 2022
Takashi Taniguchi, Fellow, has been awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates 2022
Takashi Taniguchi (Fellow and MANA Director) and Kenji Watanabe (Chief Researcher, Research Center for Functional Materials) has been awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates 2022.
The Clarivate Citation Laureates are the award that is sent to researchers who have made significant contributions to science community, based on the number of citations in the Web of Science™️.
Taniguchi and Watanabe successfully developed the technique of the fabrication of high-quality hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals that play a crucial role in research on the electronic behavior of two-dimensional materials, like graphene.
The Clarivate Citation Laureates are the award that is sent to researchers who have made significant contributions to science community, based on the number of citations in the Web of Science™️.
Taniguchi and Watanabe successfully developed the technique of the fabrication of high-quality hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals that play a crucial role in research on the electronic behavior of two-dimensional materials, like graphene.
| Award Category | Clarivate Citation Laureates 2022 Physics |
|---|---|
| Award reason | For fabrication of high-quality hexagonal boron nitride crystals, the availability of which enabled a revolution in research on the electronic behavior of two-dimensional materials |
| Date | Sep. 21, 2022 |