Chemist no. 172 of 350 · Materials/Polymer

Alan Heeger

1936-United StatesNobel Chemistry 2000

Conductive polymers

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The discovery, explained

Alan Heeger and the Discovery of Conducting Polymers

How Alan Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa made polyacetylene conduct electricity. Doping, band theory and exam points for JAM, NET and GATE.

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Biography

Alan Heeger: The Physicist Who Made Plastic Conduct

Life of Alan Heeger, American physicist who co-discovered conducting polymers and shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Early life, career, legacy.

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