Hideo Hosono


Hideo Hosono, ForMemRS, is a Japanese material scientist most known for the discovery of iron-based superconductors.

Career and research

Hosono is also a pioneer in developing transparent oxide semiconductors: he proposed a material design concept for an transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor with large electron mobility, demonstrated the excellent performance of TAOS thin film transistors for next generation displays and successfully converted a cement constituent 12CaO·7Al2O3 into transparent semiconductor, metal, and eventually superconductors.

Awards and honors

According to the Web of Science, Hideo Hosono has co-authored 5 articles with more than 1000 citations each :
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