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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of conductive polymers
  • 1959 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alan G. MacDiarmid was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States during their academic career. Their research contributions were primarily made in the field of conductive polymers, which was recognized with a Nobel Prize in 2000 for the discovery and development of these materials.

Throughout their career, Alan G. MacDiarmid collaborated frequently with several researchers. The prominent co-authors included David S. Goodsell, G. M. Halpern, Ananda M. Chakrabarty, David P. Clark, and Stefan Dübel.

MacDiarmid's work was acknowledged by several awards. They became a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1959 and were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.

The scientist's contributions and collaborations were focused on topics related to the development of new materials with electrical conductivity properties, an area influencing materials science and applied chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of electrically conducting organic polymers: halogen derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH)x

    Hideki Shirakawa;Edwin J Louis;Alan g MacDiarmid;Chwan K Chiang

  • Electrical Conductivity in Doped Polyacetylene.

    C. K. Chiang;C. R. Fincher;Y. W. Park;A. J. Heeger

  • "Synthetic Metals": A Novel Role for Organic Polymers (Nobel Lecture).

    Alan G. MacDiarmid

  • ‘Polyaniline’: Protonic acid doping of the emeraldine form to the metallic regime

    Jin-Chih Chiang;Alan G MacDiarmid

  • Polyaniline, a novel conducting polymer. Morphology and chemistry of its oxidation and reduction in aqueous electrolytes

    Wu Song Huang;Brian D. Humphrey;Alan G. MacDiarmid

  • Polyaniline: a new concept in conducting polymers

    A.G. Macdiarmid;J.C. Chiang;A.F. Richter;A.J. Epstein

  • X-ray structure of polyaniline

    J. P. Pouget;M. E. Jozefowicz;A. J. Epstein;X. Tang

  • Polyanilines: a novel class of conducting polymers

    Alan G. MacDiarmid;Arthur J. Epstein

  • The concept of secondary doping as applied to polyaniline

    A.G. MacDiarmid;Arthur J. Epstein

  • “Polyaniline”: Interconversion of Metallic and Insulating Forms

    Alan G. Macdiarmid;Jin-Chih Chiang;Marc Halpern;Wu-Song Huang

  • Nobel Lecture: “Synthetic metals”: A novel role for organic polymers

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  • “Synthetic metals”: A novel role for organic polymers

    Alan G. MacDiarmid;Arthur J. Epstein

  • Polaron lattice in highly conducting polyaniline: Theoretical and optical studies.

    S. Stafström;J. L. Brédas;A. J. Epstein;H. S. Woo

  • Synthesis of highly conducting films of derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH)x

    C. K. Chiang;M. A. Druy;S. C. Gau;A. J. Heeger

  • Electrospinning polyaniline-contained gelatin nanofibers for tissue engineering applications.

    Mengyan Li;Yi Guo;Yen Wei;Alan G. MacDiarmid

  • Vibrational analysis of polyaniline: A comparative study of leucoemeraldine, emeraldine, and pernigraniline bases

    S Quillard;G Louarn;S Lefrant;AG Macdiarmid

  • Multicolored Electrochromism in Polymers: Structures and Devices

    Avni A. Argun;Pierre-Henri Aubert;Barry C. Thompson;Irina Schwendeman

  • Polyaniline and polypyrrole: Where are we headed?

    Alan G. MacDiarmid

  • Effect of sulfonic acid group on polyaniline backbone

    Jiang Yue;Zhao H. Wang;Keith R. Cromack;Arthur J. Epstein

  • Secondary doping in polyaniline

    Alan G. MacDiarmid;Arthur J. Epstein

  • Camphorsulfonic Acid Fully Doped Polyaniline Emeraldine Salt: Conformations in Different Solvents Studied by an Ultraviolet/Visible/Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Method

    Younan Xia;Joanna M. Wiesinger;Alan G. MacDiarmid;Arthur J. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur J. Epstein
Arthur J. Epstein The Ohio State University
Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger University of California, Santa Barbara
Anthony F. Garito
Anthony F. Garito University of Pennsylvania
William R. Salaneck
William R. Salaneck Linköping University
David B. Tanner
David B. Tanner University of Florida
Jinsoo Joo
Jinsoo Joo Korea University
Yung Woo Park
Yung Woo Park Seoul National University
Hsing-Lin Wang
Hsing-Lin Wang Southern University of Science and Technology
Luiz H. C. Mattoso
Luiz H. C. Mattoso Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Richard B. Kaner
Richard B. Kaner University of California, Los Angeles

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