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Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth Generation of Polymeric Materials (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Heeger Alan J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010716)40:14<2591::aid-anie2591>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , nanotechnology , polymer , materials science , polymer science , engineering ethics , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , composite material
When asked to explain the importance of the discovery of conducting polymers, I offer two basic answers: first they did not (could not?) exist, and second, that they offer a unique combination of properties not available from any other known materials. The first expresses an intellectual challenge; the second expresses a promise for utility in a wide variety of applications.