# Nobel Laureate Hideki Shirakawa Dies at 90

Hideki Shirakawa, 2000 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, has died at age 90.

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Hideki Shirakawa, a Japanese scientist and co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at the age of 90. [^1]

Shirakawa died on August 24, according to the University of Tsukuba, where he taught and researched after joining in 1979. [^2]

Shirakawa worked with American scientists Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid to develop plastics that could conduct electricity. [^3]

The discovery of conductive polymers paved the way for inexpensive, lightweight, and flexible conductive materials used in solar cells and mobile phone screens. [^4]

Shirakawa was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for leading the development of conductive polymers (plastics that conduct electricity). [^5]

Hideki Shirakawa was an emeritus professor at Tsukuba University in Japan. [^6]

Shirakawa's research on conductive polymers contributed to advances in smartphone display technology. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. Hideki Shirakawa, a Japanese scientist and co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at the age of 90. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
2. Shirakawa died on August 24, according to the University of Tsukuba, where he taught and researched after joining in 1979. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
3. Shirakawa worked with American scientists Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid to develop plastics that could conduct electricity. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
4. The discovery of conductive polymers paved the way for inexpensive, lightweight, and flexible conductive materials used in solar cells and mobile phone screens. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
5. Shirakawa was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for leading the development of conductive polymers (plastics that conduct electricity). (동아일보, News)
6. Hideki Shirakawa was an emeritus professor at Tsukuba University in Japan. (동아일보, News)
7. Shirakawa's research on conductive polymers contributed to advances in smartphone display technology. (동아일보, News)

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