| RefNo | EC/2003/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | MacDiarmid, Alan Graham: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Word processed form. Citation typed on a separate sheet and pasted onto certificate. Post-it note stuck to form relating to nationality. |
| Citation | MacDiarmid's early research concerned silicon hydrides and organosilicon compounds. However, in 1973 he began research o (SN)x a polymeric material with metallic conductivity. Subsequent work on a new form of polyacetylene, with Hideki Shirakawa, and with physics studies in collaboration with A J Heeger, revealed that chemical doping of this material created an organic material with conductivity in the metallic regime. This discovery unleashed a flood of research world wide in chemistry and physics concerning relationships between chemistry, structure and electronic properties of semi-conducting and 'metallic' organic polymers. MacDiarmid's recent research has created electronic fibres of diameter < 100 nanometers. |
| Extent | 5 pages |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8682 | MacDiarmid; Alan Graham (1927 - 2007) | 1927 - 2007 |