New Insight into the “Fortuitous Error” that Led to the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

In 2000, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Hideki Shirakawa, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Alan J. Heeger “for the discovery and development of electrically conductive polymers.” While this award was in reference to their collaborative efforts on conducting polyacetylene in the mid-to-late 1970...

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Main Author: Seth C Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2021-03-01
Series:Substantia
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/973