Henning Sirringhaus
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Henning Sirringhaus is a leading physicist known for his pioneering work in organic and plastic electronics and charge transport in disordered semiconductors.
All labels observed (1)
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| Henning Sirringhaus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4066304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henning Sirringhaus Context triple: [Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, notableHolder, Henning Sirringhaus]
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A.
Jens Blauert
Jens Blauert is a German acoustician renowned for his pioneering work in spatial hearing and psychoacoustics.
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B.
Hartwig Fischer
Hartwig Fischer is a German art historian and museum director best known for leading major cultural institutions, including serving as director of the British Museum.
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C.
Rainer G. Rümmler
Rainer G. Rümmler was a German architect best known for designing numerous distinctive Berlin U-Bahn stations in the latter half of the 20th century.
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D.
Peter Grünberg
Peter Grünberg was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of giant magnetoresistance, which revolutionized data storage technology.
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E.
Claus-Johannes Voss
Claus-Johannes Voss was a German entrepreneur best known as one of the key figures behind the creation of the luxury writing instrument brand Montblanc.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henning Sirringhaus Target entity description: Henning Sirringhaus is a leading physicist known for his pioneering work in organic and plastic electronics and charge transport in disordered semiconductors.
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A.
Jens Blauert
Jens Blauert is a German acoustician renowned for his pioneering work in spatial hearing and psychoacoustics.
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B.
Hartwig Fischer
Hartwig Fischer is a German art historian and museum director best known for leading major cultural institutions, including serving as director of the British Museum.
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C.
Rainer G. Rümmler
Rainer G. Rümmler was a German architect best known for designing numerous distinctive Berlin U-Bahn stations in the latter half of the 20th century.
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D.
Peter Grünberg
Peter Grünberg was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of giant magnetoresistance, which revolutionized data storage technology.
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E.
Claus-Johannes Voss
Claus-Johannes Voss was a German entrepreneur best known as one of the key figures behind the creation of the luxury writing instrument brand Montblanc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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materials scientist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Europhysics Prize
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surface form:
Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society
Faraday Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics ⓘ Hughes Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
Max Born Medal and Prize ⓘ Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Plastic Logic ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
ETH Zurich
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
charge transport in disordered semiconductors
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flexible displays ⓘ organic electronics ⓘ organic field-effect transistors ⓘ organic semiconductors ⓘ organic thin-film transistors ⓘ plastic electronics ⓘ printed circuits ⓘ printed electronics ⓘ semiconductor physics ⓘ solution-processable semiconductors ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advances in solution-processed semiconductors
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contributions to printed and flexible electronics ⓘ development of high-mobility organic field-effect transistors ⓘ pioneering work in organic and plastic electronics ⓘ research on charge transport in disordered semiconductors ⓘ research on polymer field-effect transistors ⓘ work on charge transport anisotropy in organic semiconductors ⓘ |
| occupation |
research scientist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of Microelectronics Research Centre, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Optoelectronics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
charge transport mechanisms in disordered materials
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device physics of organic transistors ⓘ inkjet printing of electronic materials ⓘ structure–property relationships in organic semiconductors ⓘ |
| workplace | Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Henning Sirringhaus Description of subject: Henning Sirringhaus is a leading physicist known for his pioneering work in organic and plastic electronics and charge transport in disordered semiconductors.
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