The first expresses an intellectual challenge; the second expresses a promise for utility in a wide variety of applications. Alan Heeger was a founder of Uniax, which was acquired by DuPont. 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "For the discovery and development of conductive polymers" Professor Heeger shared the Nobel Prize for his role in the revolutionary discovery that plastics can have the properties of metals and semiconductors, a finding that created an important new field of research. Resource URI: http://data.nobelprize.org/resource/awardfile/1152. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 along with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers;" They published their results on polyacetylene a … E-mail address: AHeeger@Uniax.com. Alan J. Heeger Alan J. Heeger. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 was awarded jointly to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers". Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth Generation of Polymeric Materials (Nobel Lecture) Alan J. Heeger. Home | All awardfile . Professor Heeger shared the Nobel Prize for his role in the revolutionary discovery that plastics can have the properties of metals and semiconductors, a finding that created an important new field of research. Conducting polymers are a new generation of materials. ... Nobel Lecture Banquet speech Prize presentation Interview ... Alan Heeger receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert Hall 2000. Alan Heeger obtained the Nobel Prize in chemistry in the year 2000, along with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa, for the discovery and development of conductive polymers, in particular for his research on polyacetylene. D r. Alan J. Heeger, one of three co-winners of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in conductive polymers, will speak on Wednesday, March 16, during the 28th annual Nobel Laureate Lecture … He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 along with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers;" They published their results on polyacetylene a … Professor of Physics and of Materials. Alan J. Heeger, 2000 Nobel Laureate in chemistry and professor of physics at the University of California Santa Barbara, will deliver the Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Dodds Auditorium on the Princeton University campus. This Nobel Lecture, presented in Stockholm on December 8, 2000, summarizes the discovery and development of the field of semiconducting and metallic polymers. A member of the UCSB faculty since 1982, Heeger was director of the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids for 17 years, until 1999. Alan Heeger was a founder of Uniax, which was acquired by DuPont. Nobel plastic! A … They display the electronic and optical properties of metals or semiconductors … Heeger will discuss “Risk and Innovation in Science: A Personal History of the Road to the Nobel Prize” during a general lecture from 11 a.m.-noon, followed by a technical lecture on “Gene Sensors: Detection of Specific Targeted Sequences on DNA” from 4-5 p.m., both in the University Student Union Ballroom.