Alan Heeger
Alan Heeger · Science & Medicine
Chemist known for conductive polymers; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
1936, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
United States (Berkeley · University of Pennsylvania · UC Santa Barbara)
Alan Heeger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist known for conductive polymers; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
Raised in a Jewish family in Iowa, Heeger became a physicist and materials scientist at Pennsylvania and later Santa Barbara. With Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa he discovered that polymers — normally insulators — can be made to conduct electricity like metals when suitably modified. This launched the field of conductive plastics and organic electronics (used in flexible displays and sensors), earning them the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Chemist known for conductive polymers; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
