For discovering electrically conductive polyacetylene, Hideki Shirakawa was honored with the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He helped identify conditions under which a polymer becomes capable of carrying current.
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Hideki Shirakawa
Nobel Prize history for Hideki Shirakawa based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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