# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norio-taniguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:32:16.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norio-taniguchi"
name: "Norio Taniguchi"
slug: "norio-taniguchi"
description: "Norio Taniguchi  was a professor of Tokyo University of Science. He coined the term  nano-technology in 1974 to describe semiconductor processes such as thin film deposition and ion beam milling exhibiting characteristic control on the order of a nanometer: nano-technology \"mainly consists of the processing of separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule.\""
tagline: "Japanese scientist (1912–1999)"
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birthDate: "1912-05-27"
deathDate: "1999-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump