ALAN G. MACDIARMID

2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.

• Born: April 14, 1927
• Place of Birth: New Zealand
• Education: Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin 1953 and at University of Cambridge, UK, 1955
• Residence: Pennsylvania, USA
• Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
  • Address:
    University of Pennsylvania
    34th and Spruce Streets
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
    
  • Telehone: 215-898-8307
  • FAX: 215-898-8378
  • E-mail: macdiarm@sas.upenn.edu

• Books about conducting polymers

• Prize co-recipient: Alan J. Heeger
• Prize co-recipient: Hideki Shirakawa
• Research at UPenn
• Selected Publications
• Biography
• 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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• A high conductivity form of polyacetylene reported before Shirakawa et al (submitted by Peter H. Proctor, PhD, MD)
• Alan G. MacDiarmid – Autobiography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Alan G. MacDiarmid – Prize Award Photo (submitted by Thomas)
• Chemistry awards in 2000 (submitted by john)
• Biography of Alan G. MacDiarmid (submitted by Nick Black)
• Alan G. MacDiarmid – Autobiography (submitted by Nicolas)
• Alan G. MacDiarmid - Autobiography in English (submitted by roman)
• I worked on polymer research in Organic Chemistry department (submitted by Dr.Mitchell Albert Wick)
• Alan G. MacDiarmid Biography from Wncyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Alan Graham MacDiarmid - Biography (submitted by Lukas)
• ALAN G. MACDIARMID other (submitted by nobmer)

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