Alan J. Heeger
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Alan J. Heeger is an American chemist and physicist who made significant contributions to the field of materials science. His work is notable because it advanced our understanding of how certain materials conduct electricity and light, with applications in modern electronics and technology.
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- 1936-01-22
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- Never lose your nerve!
- Nonlinear optical properties of polymers
- Semiconducting and metallic polymers
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- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,660x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
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Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
Heeger was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications.
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