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Alan Heeger

Chemistry

Alan Heeger is an American physicist and academic who was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers. He shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa for the discovery and development of conductive polymers, plastics able to carry an electric current.

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Birth Year
1936 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1936-01-22 1
FieldSourced to the subject's own account
physicist 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
co-founding the field of conducting polymers and pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications 1
Birthplace
Sioux City, United States 2
Field
Field (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Physics 1
Connections

Member Of

American Physical Society, Institutions
Source Wikipedia: Alan Heeger
National Academy of Sciences, Institutions
Source Wikipedia: Alan Heeger

Works In

Physics, Disciplines
Source Wikipedia: Alan Heeger
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikipedia: Alan HeegerLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 3
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
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1. Wikipedia: Alan Heeger
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  • lead paragraph, opening sentence
    Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
  • lead paragraph, second sentence
    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.
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Categories
    Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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2. Alan Heeger (Wikidata)
P19 (place of birth): Sioux City, United States
Quote, P19 (place of birth): Sioux City, United States
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