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Smith Lecture - Note special date, time, and place
8 pm, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 at 131 Hitchcock Hall
The Plastics Electronics Revolution:
Opportunities in
Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers
Alan J. Heeger
University of California, Santa Barbara
When asked to explain the importance of the discovery and
development of
conducting polymers, I offer two basic answers:
They did not (could not?) exist.
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. In this
lecture, I
will summarize the remarkable progress in the science and
technology of
semiconducting polymer --- the Fourth Generation of Polymeric
Materials.
Smith Lecture - Note special date, time, and place
8 pm, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 at 131 Hitchcock Hall