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Heeger, Alan J.
Oral history interview with Alan J. Heeger, 2006 March 13 and 16.
Alan J. Heeger discusses his education at the University of Nebraska, Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and his switch of focus to experimental physics; receiving his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley while studying under Alan Portis; his assistant professorship at the University of Pennsylvania's physics department, and his interests in spin-wave theory, the Kondo problem, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in magnetic materials; achieving tenure at the University of Pennsylvania and taking a sabbatical to work on metal physics (physical metallurgy); his introduction to Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and molecular electronics and shifting the focus of his research; researching polysulfur nitride with Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa, leading to publications on polymers; leaving the University of Pennsylvania and moving to the University of California at Santa Barbara physics department. Heeger concludes the interview by discussing thoughts of his role as a physicist, and how he can best move technology development forward.
Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1961); University of Pennsylvania, department of physics (1962-1981); University of California, Santa Barbara, department of physics and Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids (1982-present); University of Utah, adjunct professor of physics (1988-present); UNIAX Corporation, founder, president, chief scientist and chairman of the board (1990-present). Research interests include fundamental physics of materials synthesized by chemical techniques and one dimensional solids.
Heeger, Alan J.
MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007
Portis, Alan M., 1926-
Shirakawa, Hideki, 1936-
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Dept. of Physics
University of Nebraska.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Kondo effect.
Molecular electronics
Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Nuclear spin.
Physical metallurgy.
Physics, Experimental.
Polymers -- Research.
Solid state physics.
Solids -- Research.
Spin waves.
AIP-ICOS
Science History Institute. The Beckman Center for History of Chemistry. 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
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