My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth. — Alan J. Heeger Fun Copy Share Image
The scaling theory of localization demonstrated that the disorder-induced M-I transition was a true phase transition with a well defined critical point. — Alan J. Heeger Critical Copy Share Image
In spite of the evidence for the disorder-induced M-I transition as inferred from the transport and optical measurements, the metallic state of… — Alan J. Heeger Evidence Copy Share Image
My undergraduate years at the University of Nebraska were a special time in my life: the combination of partying and intellectual awakening… — Alan J. Heeger Life Copy Share Image
I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had… — Alan J. Heeger Birthday Copy Share Image
Polymeric materials in the form of wood, bone, skin and fibers have been used by man since prehistoric time. Although organic chemistry… — Alan J. Heeger Bone Copy Share Image
The science of semiconducting and metallic polymers is inherently interdisciplinary; it falls at the intersection of chemistry and physics. — Alan J. Heeger Chemistry Copy Share Image
I started out as a physicist; however, I am what I have become. I have evolved, with the help of many colleagues… — Alan J. Heeger Colleagues Copy Share Image
Polymer synthesis in the 1950s was dominated by Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, whose discoveries of polymerization catalysts were of great importance… — Alan J. Heeger 1950s Copy Share Image
The transitions from metallic to critical behavior and from critical to insulating behavior have been induced with a magnetic field, and from… — Alan J. Heeger Behavior Copy Share Image
In 1990, Paul Smith and I decided that conducting polymers as materials had developed to a level of maturity that commercial products… — Alan J. Heeger Goal Copy Share Image
