ALAN J. HEEGER

2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.

• Born: January 22, 1936
• Place of Birth: Sioux City, IA, USA
• Education: Ph. D. University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Residence: Santa Barbara, California, USA
• Affiliation: University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Address:
    Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids
    And Department of Physics and Materials
    University of California at Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5090
    
  • Telehone: 893-3184
  • FAX: 893-4755
  • E-mail: ajh@physics.ucsb.edu

• Books about conducting polymers

• Prize co-recipient: Alan G. MacDiarmid
• Prize co-recipient: Hideki Shirakawa
• Webpage at Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids, UCSB
• Webpage at the Department of Physics, UCSB
• Curriculum vitae
• Publications
• Heeger's Company: UNIAX Corporation
• The birth of plastic electronics
• 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry announcement and background
• Further information
• Advanced information on Research
• Suggested reading

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• Who really discovered the first high-conductivity form of polyacetylene ? (submitted by Peter H. Proctor, PhD, MD)
• INTERVIEW with Dr. Alan Heeger (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Scientists born after 1901 (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Alan J. Heeger – Nobel Lecture (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Alan Heeger – Autobiography (submitted by Thomas)
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Salutes the Discovery of Conducting Polymers (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Chemistry awards in 2000 (submitted by john)
• Appointments, Honors, and Awards of Professor Alan J. Heeger (submitted by Stive Jackson)
• Alan Heeger – Autobiography (submitted by Jane)
• Alan J. Heeger - Autobiography in English (submitted by roman)
• Alan J. Heeger Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Alan Jay Heeger - Biography (submitted by Lukas)

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