Carbon nanotubes inventor here

Prof. Sumio Iijima, well known as the inventor of carbon nanotubes is in Sri Lanka. The Japanese scientist was able to created a novel interest in the nanotechnology field fuelling it with numerous researches followed by his scientific paper published in 1991.

For this and other work Sumio Iijima was awarded, together with another American Chemist, the Kavli Prize for nanoscience in 2008.

Prof. Iijima is in Sri Lanka to attend the second Biennial International Symposium on Polymer Science and Technology organised by the University of Sri Jayawardanepura.

- DY