Oak Ridge National Laboratory traces organic optoelectronics, OLED display devices, actuators, sensors, and other pi-conjugated polymer systems back to the work of Hideki Shirakawa.
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Prof. Hideki Shirakawa, who shared the chemistry Nobel for discovering conducting polymers, passes away at 90. He is remembered for opening the field of conducting polym…
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