Conductive-polymer pioneer Hideki Shirakawa dies at 90
Nature reported that Hideki Shirakawa, a 2000 Nobel chemistry laureate known for work on conductive polymers, has died at 90.
Shirakawa showed that polyacetylene, an organic polymer, could conduct electricity after chemical doping, helping establish the field of conductive polymers.
He shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger.