Chemist no. 77 of 350 · Materials/Polymer
Wallace Carothers
1896-1937United States
Nylon and neoprene
Read
The discovery, explained
Wallace Carothers and Nylon: How a Fibre Was Built Molecule by Molecule
How Wallace Carothers invented nylon 6,6 and neoprene at DuPont. Condensation polymerisation, Carothers equation and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.
Publishing soon · 5 min readBiography
Wallace Carothers: The Brilliant Mind Behind Nylon
Biography of Wallace Carothers (1896-1937): Iowa roots, Illinois PhD, DuPont research, nylon and neoprene, and the human story behind a short, brilliant career.
Publishing soon · 5 min readAcademic lineage
Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.
- Teachers
- Roger Adamsdoctoral
- Students