2000
… and a Nobel medal in gold
Although the polyacetylene film shone like silver, it was not an electrical conductor. Could it perhaps be modified in some way? In the mid-1970s the three Laureates began co-operating to investigate this and results were quick to come. When they caused the films to react with iodine vapour, the conductivity increased by as much as…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Bengt Nordén of the , December 10, 2000. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Bengt Nordén delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Chemistry! We all associate chemistry with test tubes, stinking…
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(press release, information for the public, advanced information, suggested web links to institutions and companies etc), The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (advanced) on the Nobel Prize 2000, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Conductive Polymers, M.G.Kanatzidis, Chem. Eng. News 3, p. 36, 1990. Plastic Electronics, D. de Leeuw, Physics World, p. 31,…
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Light-emitting diodes
Just now the most intensive development is aimed at conjugated polymers in their un-doped, semiconductive state. This is because it was discovered ten years ago that some conjugated polymers exhibit electro-luminescence, they glow when a voltages passes through them. Many applications are predicted for luminescent plastic. We shall soon be seeing the first practical…
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