The development of an electrically conducting form of these substances won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for Alan MacDiarmid and his associates.
The development of an electrically conducting form of these substances won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for Alan MacDiarmid and his associates. Many of these materials, like many silicates, undergo a glass transition when they are cooled to form crystalline structures, yet when heated they generally develop into viscous liquids. The superabsorbent types of these are used to form a type of colloids called hydrogels, and human-made examples include Kevlar, Teflon, nylon, and polyethylene. Name this category of substances composed of large complex molecules created by joining together smaller sub-units into long chains.
The development of an electrically conducting form of these substances won the Nobel Prize in 2000 for Alan MacDiarmid and his associates.
polymers