Takuzo Aida

Institution
University of Tokyo

Country
Japan

Field
Materials Sciences

Aida received the 2018 Japan Academy Prize for developing innovative soft materials such as a hydrogel named ‘aquamaterial’ which is mechanically robust and moldable. (Photo: University of Tokyo)


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