The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Awarded on: 1974-10-15
"for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules"
Affiliations:
- Stanford University – Stanford, CA, USA
Paul J. Flory
Born: 1910-06-19 in Sterling, IL, USA
Gender: male
Field: American chemist (1910–1985)
Biography
Paul John Flory was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974 "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules".