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Technology Stocks : Light Emitting Devices, organic and novel

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To: John Finley who wrote (171)10/15/2000 11:33:09 AM
From: kinkblot  Read Replies (1) of 330
 
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000

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"for the discovery and development of conductive polymers"

We are used to the great impact scientific discoveries have on our ways of thinking. This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is no exception. What we have been taught about plastic is that it is a good insulator - otherwise we should not use it as insulation in electric wires. But now the time has come when we have to change our views. Plastic can indeed, under certain circumstances, be made to behave very like a metal - a discovery for which Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa are to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000.

See Information for the public; nice summary with poly anecdotes.

Light-emitting wallpaper! <g>

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