Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015) Humboldt Prize (2016) Franklin Institute Award in Chemistry (2017)
Scientific career
Fields
Polymer chemistry Organometallic chemistry
Institutions
University of Akron Kyoto University Chubu University
Doctoral advisor
Toshinobu Higashimura
Mitsuo Sawamoto (澤本 光男 Sawamoto Mitsuo, December 12, 1954) is a Japanese chemist specializing in the field of polymer chemistry, Emeritus Professor at Kyoto University, professor at Chubu University.
He is co-recipient of the Franklin Institute Award in Chemistry in 2017 with Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, for their independent discover of Atom-transfer radical-polymerization (ATRP).
MitsuoSawamoto (澤本 光男 SawamotoMitsuo, December 12, 1954) is a Japanese chemist specializing in the field of polymer chemistry, Emeritus Professor at...
metal-mediated living radical polymerization) was independently discovered by MitsuoSawamoto and by Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jin-Shan Wang in 1995. The following...
radical addition. This method, independently discovered in 1995 by MitsuoSawamoto and by Jin-Shan Wang and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, requires reversible...
Chemistry, awarded including Japan Academy Prize, Roger Adams Prize), MitsuoSawamoto (Molecule Chemistry, awarded including Benjamin Franklin Medal) and...
Achievement in Science 2017 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Chemistry 2017 MitsuoSawamoto Chemistry 2017 Michael I. Posner Computer and Cognitive Science 2017...
contributing to rational drug design and synthesis." Yale University MitsuoSawamoto (born 1954) Japan "for discovery and development of metal-catalyzed...
on the polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether by iodine and with MitsuoSawamoto by iodine/HI and on the formation of p-methoxystyrene - isobutyl vinyl...
Nobutake 29 April 1943 Takasu Shirō 1 March 1944 Nomura Naokuni 1 March 1944 Sawamoto Yorio 1 March 1944 Endō Yoshikazu 3 May 1944* Nagumo Chūichi 8 July 1944*...
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