Session: 30 Years of Conducting Polymers


POLY		Tuesday, March 27, 2007

8:00 AM-12:00 PM McCormick Place South -- Room S501A, Level 5, Oral
30 Years of Conducting Polymers
Alan G. MacDiarmid Memorial and Plenary Lectures
Sponsored by:	POLY
Organizers:	Samson A. Jenekhe J. Paul Armistead Charles Y. C. Lee Andrew B Holmes
Presiding:	Kenneth J. Wynne
8:00 AM		Alan G. MacDiarmid Memorial: Reflections on his life and contributions. Alan Heeger, Art Epstein, Ray Baughman, Rick Kaner, Brad Wayland, Gayle Gentile, and Ken Wynne
9:15 AM	222	Thirty years of conducting polymers: Time flies when you are having fun Alan J. Heeger
9:45 AM	223	Poly(diacetylene)s and their impact for understanding polyconjugated macromolecules Gerhard Wegner
10:15 AM		Intermission
10:30 AM	224	Charge transport in conjugated polymers: Thirty years of progress in theoretical description Jean-Luc Brédas
11:00 AM	225	Preparation of new phenylene-, thiophene-, and pyrrole-based pi-conjugated polymers Takakazu Yamamoto
11:30 AM	226	Realizing the amplification of molecular wire sensors: Isolated nanoscopic conduction pathways TM Swager

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