Chemistry 2000 The nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000. for the discovery and development ofconductive polymers . alan J. heeger, alan G. MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa. http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/2000/
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Extractions: I was born on a bitter cold morning (20º F below zero) in Sioux City (Iowa) on January 22, 1936. I was told that when my father went out in the cold that morning to go to the hospital to visit his wife and newborn first son, his car would not start. Despite advice to the contrary, he walked to the hospital; his ears were frostbitten on the way. The Heeger family came to Sioux City (Iowa) from Russia as Jewish immigrants in 1904 when my father was a small boy (age 4). My mother was born in Omaha (Nebraska); she was a first generation child of Jewish immigrants. My mother and father were married in the midst of the Great Depression. My early years were spent in Akron (Iowa), a small midwestern town of 1000 people, approximately 35 miles from Sioux City. I went to elementary school in Akron. My brother, Gerald, was born in Akron. My father was the manager and, subsequently the owner, of a general store that served the local farming community. I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had to go to the hospital. He died when I was nine years old on the same day that Franklin Roosevelt died; it was his 45th birthday. After my father's death, we moved to Omaha, so my mother could be closer to her family. She raised us as a single parent in a house that we shared with her sister and her sister's children.
Extractions: Telehone: 893-3184 FAX: 893-4755 E-mail: ajh@physics.ucsb.edu Book Store Featured Internet Links 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 ... Publications Heeger's Company: UNIAX Corporation The accidental discovery that polymers may conduct electricity The birth of plastic electronics 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry announcement and background ... Suggested reading
Index Of Nobel Laureates In Chemistry ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF nobel PRIZE LAUREATES IN CHEMISTRY. Name, Year Awarded.Alder, Kurt, 1950. Haworth, Sir Walter Norman, 1937. heeger, alan J. 2000. http://almaz.com/nobel/chemistry/alpha.html
UCSB Co-recipients Of 2000 Chemistry And Physics Nobel Prizes Right alan J. heeger corecipient of the 2000 nobel Chemistry Prize. Rightalan J. heeger co-recipient of the 2000 nobel Chemistry Prize. http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/mrl/events/news/nobel-2000.html
Extractions: Celebration at the MRL (10/10/00) Left: Herbert Kroemer co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Physics Prize Right: Alan J. Heeger co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Chemistry Prize Right: Alan J. Heeger co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Chemistry Prize Left: Tony Cheetham director MRL For more background material and press releases on the 2000 Nobel Prizes please visit: The Official Web Site of The Nobel Foundation Back to News/Seminars/Events
Faculty Profile: Alan J. Heeger alan J. heeger won the 2000 nobel Prize in chemistry with two other scientists forthe discovery and development of electrically conducting polymers, and he http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/2002cat/profiles/heeger.htm
Extractions: Professor, Physics and Materials A lan J. Heeger won the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry with two other scientists for the discovery and development of electrically conducting polymers, and he continues his laboratory research at UCSB. He believes that the key to future progress in the sciences is in interdisciplinary collaborations. Heeger is also chief scientist for UNIAX, a company he founded that was acquired last year by Dupont. It focuses on the uses of plastic electronics commercial products. In 1977 Heeger and his colleagues discovered conducting polymers, a novel class of materials with electrical and optical properties like metals and semiconductors coupled with the mechanical and processing advantages of polymers. Applications of work by Heeger and his associates include conducting polymer blends for electromagnetic shielding and for antistatic packaging, and semiconducting polymers for use in the emerging field of plastic electronic devices, which already include diodes. Even though I received the Nobel Prize in chemistry, he says, I still think like a physicist.
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Extractions: Alan J. Heeger and his colleagues discovered conducting polymers, a novel class of materials with electrical and optical properties like metals and semiconductors, coupled with the mechanical and processing advantages of polymers. They won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers". 1936-1962: Education 1961 - Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley ALAN J. HEEGER was raised in Nebraska, whence he had come from his hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. Here he took an early interest in science and mathematics. "I didn't find it particularly easy," he said. "In fact, that was part of the reason I wanted to go farther with it. There must be something here I can understand." He went to the University of Nebraska for his undergraduate studies, where he picked engineering as his major - for one quarter. With no experience in the subject, he changed his major to physics. But something bothered him. "Somehow," he said, "I always felt this wasn't the real stuff yet, and I was looking forward to graduate school for that." Intellectually curious, he early attracted attention in the physics department. Retired physics professors today recall him as "outstanding", "enthusiastic"; even teachers he did not know knew of him. As a graduate student at UC Berkeley, Heeger got his chance. "I remember the first day in the laboratory," he said. "The courses are very important, but I just didn't feel I was really doing science until I was doing my own science, and that was such a thrill for me. I got a big kick out of it."
Online NewsHour -- Nobel Prize Winners - 2000 J. heeger, alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa are honored for discovering thatplastic can be made to conduct electricity. (10/10). Physics The 2000 nobel http://www.pbs.org/newshour/nobel2000/nobel2000.html
Chemists Win Nobel For Optical Polymers - November, 2000 Helvetica,sansserif' size='-1' The B Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences /B hasawarded the nobel Prize in chemistry to alan J. heeger, alan G. MacDiarmid http://www.photonics.com/spectra/news/XQ/ASP/pbullid.273/QX/read.htm
Extractions: Chemists Win Nobel for Optical Polymers The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa. The researchers are being honored for their work with conductive polymers, paving the way for organic electroluminescent display technology. Conductive plastic films have found applications in reducing static electricity and interference on computer screens and photographic film. At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in the early 1970s, Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa discovered that they could increase the conductivity of a form of polyacetylene a billion times by doping it with iodine. In 1990, Heeger went on to found Uniax Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., which investigated the development of organic LED devices. Return to the previous page
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Extractions: Alan J. Heeger Alan J. Heeger Alan Heeger won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in conducting polymers. He is Professor of Physics and Material (Engineering) at UCSB. His current interests are focused on light emission from semiconducting polymers, including photoluminescence, light-emitting diodes, light-emitting electrochemical cells, and lasers. Dr. Heeger was the Founder of Uniax Corporation, which commercialized his work on conductive polymers, and has subsequently been sold to DuPont. Prior to going to UCSB in 1982, Dr. Heeger had been a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1967-1982, and had been an associate professor from 1962. During that period, he also served from 1978-81 as the Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, at the University of Pennsylvania and from 1981-82, served as the Acting Vice-Provost for Research, University of Pennsylvania.
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Extractions: Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530 Alan Heeger in 1982 - in 2000 the clothes are black and the hair is white, but no other changes Professor of Physics, UCSB Director, Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids, UCSB Professor of Materials (in Engineering) UCSB Adjunct Professor of Physics, The University of Utah Chief Scientist, UNIAX Corporation Nobel Prize in Chemistry Full Curriculum Vitae (pdf file)
PennNews: Nobel Prize UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAS alan G. MAC DIARMID AND FORMER PENN PHYSICIST alanJ. heeger ARE AMONG THREE WINNERS OF THE 2000 nobel PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/releases/2000/Q4/mac.html
Extractions: AND FORMER PENN PHYSICIST ALAN J. HEEGER ARE AMONG THREE WINNERS OF THE 2000 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY "This is indeed a moment for great joy and celebration, as we join the Nobel committee in acknowledging the achievements of an outstanding researcher and faculty member," said Penn President Judith Rodin. "This pathbreaking research into ‘conducting polymers,’ that is, plastics that can conduct electricity, introduced a new and completely unexpected phenomenon to the fields of chemistry and physics and has unleashed a flood of interdisciplinary studies which have continued unabated to this day. "Alan MacDiarmid is a truly extraordinary scientist and we offer him and his colleagues our deepest and most heartfelt congratulations." Polymers are molecular chains with a regularly repeating structure. For a polymer to conduct electric current, it must consist alternately of single and double bonds between the carbon atoms. It must also be "doped," which means that electrons are removed (through oxidation) or introduced (through reduction). These "holes," or extra electrons, can move along the molecule, making it electrically conductive. Drs. MacDiarmid, Heeger, and Shirakawa were responsible for the 1977 synthesis and the electrical and chemical doping of polyacetylene, the prototypical conducting polymer, and the rediscovery of polyaniline, now the foremost industrial conducting polymer.
Extractions: University Medal for Penn's Nobelists in Chemistry The University of Pennsylvania's Medal for Distinguished Achievement was presented at a banquet on Friday evening to each of the three Nobelists by President Judith Rodin. Below are their citations: Nobel Laureates Hideki Shirakawa Alan MacDiarmid and Alan J. Heeger before last week's Symposium to Celebrate the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hundreds of scientists from around the world gathered at LRSM to hear each of the Nobelists lecture on Friday morning. That afternoon's session and the Saturday sessions featured leading scientists from academia and industry who spoke about synthesis and properties of conductive polymers and the theory and related technological advances spawned by the Nobel Prize-winning research that was a collaborative interdisciplinary effort. As a chemist with distinguished research accomplishments in inorganic and materials chemistry, you had the vision to foresee the possibility of making organic polymers conduct electricity, resulting in the discovery and development of the new class of material "Conducting Polymers". As a member of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania since 1955 you made fundamental contributions to the chemistry of silicon and transition metals prior to your discovery of polymer conductivity in 1977. In collaboration with Hideki Shirakawa and colleague physicist Alan Heeger, you demonstrated that the organic polymer, polyacetylene, could be chemically doped to exhibit metallic properties, thus discovering a phenomenon completely new and unexpected to both the chemistry and physics communities.
Untitled Document Briefs. nobel Laureate alan J. heeger Engaged as Honorary ResearchFellow At the Institute of Chemistry, CAS. A ceremony was recently http://www.conference.ac.cn/newsletter25_brief.htm
Extractions: 70 Years Ago in Science News Week of Oct. 14, 2000; Vol. 158, No. 16 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three researchers for the discovery and development of plastics that conduct electricity. References: For additional information about Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa and the research that earned the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, see the following Web site: http://www.nobel.se/announcement/2000/chemistry.html Sources: Arthur J. Epstein
INDEX alan J. heeger. alan J. heeger. Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein. Albrecht Wagner.Alferov, Zhores I. Alferov, Zhores I. Alfred Einstein. Alfred nobel. Andrea Ghez. http://202.41.94.163/nov00/
Since 1901 The Nobel Prize Is Annually Awarded For Achievements 1964 Charles H. Townes. 1955 - Polykarp Kusch, Willis E. Lamb. The NobelPrize in Chemistry- Laureates. 2000 - alan J. heeger, alan G. MacDiarmid. http://www.aro.army.mil/accomplish/nobel/nobelprize02.htm
Extractions: Since 1901 the Nobel Prize is annually awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. On December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, the Nobel prize is presented to laureates during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. The Army Research Office sponsored the work of many Nobel laureates over the years and their research has dramatically impacted our national defense. Listed below are ARO sponsored Nobel laureates. The Nobel Prize in Physics - Laureates Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, Carl E. Wieman Herbert J. Kroemer, Zhores I. Alferov Daniel Tsui David M. Lee ... Polykarp Kusch, Willis E. Lamb The Nobel Prize in Chemistry- Laureates Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid Richard E. Smalley, Robert F. Curl George A. Olah Donald J. Cram ... Robert Burns Woodward
The Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2000 The nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000. For the discovery and developmentof conductive polymers alan J. heeger, alan G. MacDiarmid. USA, USA. http://www.aro.army.mil/accomplish/nobel/2000npchem.htm
NOBEL PRIZES 2000 nobel prize winner in chemisty alan J. heeger, alan G. Macdiarmid, andHideki Shirakawa for the discovery and development of conductive polymers. http://www.bioscience.org/urllists/nobel.htm
American Scientific Publishers Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., JAPAN Lauren Shea Rohwer Sandia National Laboratories,Albuquerque, USA FOREWORD by alan J. heeger, nobel Prize Laureate in http://www.aspbs.com/html/a069disp.htm
Extractions: "The Handbook of Luminescence, Display Materials and Devices is a timely and useful source for any professional, from beginner to expert, working on organic light-emitting diodes and display devices. The handbook provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary and up-to-date coverage on many aspects of luminescent materials and devices; it will be a valued single reference source for researchers, students and professionals working in this field." Professor Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize Laureate Handbook of Luminescence, Display Materials and Devices is a major reference work that provides coverage on various aspects of organic and inorganic luminescent materials and devices. These three-volumes provide coverage on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and inorganic display devices including materials synthetic strategies, processing and fabrication methods, screening methods, spectroscopic characterization, energy transfer processes, luminescence in conjugated oligomers, polymers, nanostructured materials, carbon nanotubes, flexible display technologies, up-conversion phosphor materials and aging process, emissive displays display device reliability, electrode material degradation, packaging, surface properties, etc. The handbook has been divided into three thematic volumes;
