Alan MacDiarmid

**Alan Graham MacDiarmid**, ONZ FRS (14 April 1927 - 7 Februari 2007) ialah ahli kimia Amerika kelahiran New Zealand, dan salah satu daripada tiga penerima Hadiah Nobel untuk Kimia pada tahun 2000.  

## Penerbitan terpilih
* Chiang, C.K.; Druy, M.A.; Gau, S.C.; Heeger, A.J.; Louis, E.J.; MacDiarmid, A.G.; Park, Y.W.; Shirakawa, H., "Synthesis of Highly Conducting Films of Derivatives of Polyacetylene, (CH)x," *J. Am. Chem. Soc.*, **100**, 1013 (1978).
* Heeger, A. J.; MacDiarmid, A. G., *[https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5430541-polyacetylene-ch-sub-emerging-material-solar-cell-applications-technical-progress-report-october-november-december Polyacetylene, (CH){sub x}, as an Emerging Material for Solar Cell Applications. Final Technical Report, March 19, 1979 - March 18, 1980]*, University of Pennsylvania (June 1980).
* MacDiarmid, A. G., *[https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5828801-energy-systems-based-polyacetylene-rechargeable-batteries-schottky-barrier-solar-cells-final-report-march-february Energy Systems Based on Polyacetylene: Rechargeable Batteries and Schottky Barrier Solar Cells. Final Report, March 1, 1981-February 29, 1984]*, University of Pennsylvania (February 1984).
* *[https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7077398-workshop-conductive-polymers-final-report The Workshop on Conductive Polymers: Final Report]*, U.S. Department of Energy Division of Materials Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory (October 1985).
* Chiang, J.-C., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Polyaniline': Protonic Acid Doping of the Emeraldine Form to the Metallic Regime,"  *Synth. Met.*, **13**, 193 (1986).
* MacDiarmid, A.G.; Chiang, J.-C.; Richter, A.F.; Epstein, A.J., "Polyaniline: A New Concept in Conducting Polymers," *Synth. Met.*, **18**, 285 (1987).
* MacDiarmid, A.G., Yang, L.S., Huang, W.-S., and Humphrey, B.D., "Polyaniline: Electrochemistry and Application to Rechargeable Batteries".  *Synth. Met.*, **18**, 393 (1987).
* Kaner, R.B.; MacDiarmid, A.G., "Plastics That Conduct Electricity," *Scientific American*, 106 (February 1988).
* MacDiarmid, A.G.; Epstein, A.J., " 'Synthetic Metals': A Novel Role for Organic Polymers," *Macromol. Chem.*, **51**, 11 (1991).
* MacDiarmid, A.G.; Epstein, A.J., "Science and Technology of Conducting Polymers," in *Frontiers of Polymer Research*, P.N. Prasad and J.K. Nigam, Eds., Plenum Press, New York, 1991, p.&nbsp;259.
* Wang, Z.H.; Li, C.; Scherr, E.M.; MacDiarmid, A.G.; Epstein, A.J., "Three Dimensionality of 'Metallic' States in Conducting Polymers: Polyaniline," *Phys. Rev. Lett.*, **66**, 1745 (1991).
* MacDiarmid, A.J.; Epstein, A.J., "The Concept of Secondary Doping as Applied to Polyaniline," *Synth. Met.*, **65**, 103 (1994).
* MacDiarmid, A.G., Zhou, Y., Feng, J., Furst, G.T., and Shedlow, A.M., "Isomers and Isomerization Processes in Poly-Anilines," *Proc. ANTEC '99, Soc. Plastics Engr.*, **2**, 1563 (1999).
* MacDiarmid, A.G., Norris, I.D., Jones, J.W.E., El-Sherif, M.A., Yuan, J., Han, B. and Ko, F.K., "Polyaniline Based Chemical Transducers with Sub-micron Dimensions," *Polymeric Mat. Sci. & Eng.*, **83**, 544 (2000).
* Norris, I.D., Shaker, M.M., Ko, F.K., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Electrostatic Fabrication of Ultrafine Conducting Fibers: Polyaniline/Polyethylene Oxide Blends," *Synth. Met.*, **114**, 2 (2000).
* MacDiarmid, A.G., Jones, J.W.E., Norris, I.D., Gao, J., Johnson, J.A.T., Pinto, N.J., Hone, J., Han, B., Ko, F.K., Okuzaki, H., and Llaguno, M., "Electrostatically-Generated Nanofibers of Electronic Polymers," *Synth. Met.*, **119**, 27–30 (2001).
* Shimano, J.Y., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Phase Segregation in Polyaniline: A Dynamic Block Copolymer," *Synth. Met.*, **119**, 365–366 (2001).
* Wang, P.C., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Dependency of Properties of In Situ Deposited Polypyrrole Films on Dopant Anion and Substrate Surface," *Synth. Met.*, **119**, 267–268 (2001).
* Hohnholz, D., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Line Patterning of Conducting Polymers: New Horizons for Inexpensive, Disposable Electronic Devices," *Synth. Met.*, **121**, 1327–1328 (2001).
* Premvardhan, L., Peteanu, L.A., Wang, P.-C., and MacDiarmid, A.G., "Electronic Properties of the Conducting Form of Polyaniline from Electroabsorption Measurements," *Synth. Met.*, **116**, 157–161 (2001).
* MacDiarmid, A.G. “Twenty-five Years of Conducting Polymers”.  *Chem. Comm.*, 1–4  (2003).
* Tanner, D.B.; Doll, G.L.; Rao, A.M.; Eklund, P.C.; Arbuckle, G.A.; MacDiarmid, A.G. “Optical properties of potassium-doped polyacetylene”.  *Synth. Met.*, **141**, 75–79 (2004).
* Hohnholz, D.; Okuzaki,H.; MacDiarmid, A.G. “Plastic electronic devices through line patterning of conducting polymers”.  *Adv. Funct. Mater.*, **15**, 51–56 (2005).
* Venancio, E.C; Wang, P-C.; MacDiarmid, A.G. “The Azanes: A Class of Material Incorporating Nano/Micro Self-Assembled Hollow Spheres Obtained By Aqueous Oxidative Polymerization of Aniline”. *Synth. Met.*, **156**, 357 (2006).
* MacDiarmid, A.G.; Venancio, E.C. “Agrienergy (Agriculture/Energy): What Does the Future Hold?”. *Experimental Biology and Medicine.*, **231**, 1212 (2006).

## Rujukan

## Pautan luar
*Biography on Nobel Prize website
*MacDiarmid Nobel Prize lecture
*McDiarmid Institute Web Site
*MacDiarmid's Page at The University of Texas at Dallas 
*MacDiarmid's page at the University of Pennsylvania
*New Zealand Edge biography 
*List of MacDiarmid's publications
*Interview with Alan MacDiarmid Freeview video provided by the Vega Science Trust.
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