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Books
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Bowden, Mary Ellen. Chemical Achievers. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation,
1997.
Hermes, Matthew. Enough for One Lifetime: Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society; Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1996.
Kessler, James H., Kidd, J.S., Kidd, RenŽe, and Morin, Katherine. Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. Phoenix: The Oryx Press, 1996.
Meyer, K.H. Natural and Synthetic High Polymers. New York: Interscience, 1950.
Orna, Mary Virginia, Schreck, James O., and Heikkinen, Henry, editors. SourceBook Version 2.1. New Rochelle, NY: ChemSource, 1998.
Sorensen, Wayne R., and Campbell, Tod W. Preparative Methods of Polymer Chemistry; New York: Interscience, 1961.
Watt, Shirley, ed. Polymer Chemistry, Rev. Ed.. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association, 1997, pp 201-2.
Websites
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The Brain Eater — from NOVA
online. This site explores the connection between malfunctioning proteins and mad cow disease.
The Macrogalleria — a fun-filled resource of polymer information, from the Polymer Science Learning Center at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Making Nylon 6 and 6,10 — a laboratory experiment, part of The Macrolab, from the Polymer Science Learning Center at the University of Southern Mississippi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997 — describes the work of laureate Stanley B. Prusiner in discovering prions, thought to be the cause of mad cow disease.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 — describes the work of laureates Alan J. Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa in the field of electrically conducting polymers.
Spinning the Elements: Wallace Carothers and the Nylon Legacy — an online exhibit from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Periodicals and Other Literature
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Bacon, R.F., and Fanelli, R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1943,
65, 639.
Dorman, Linneaus C., and Meyers, Paul A. United States Patent 4,525,495; 25 June 1985.
Kwolek, Stephanie. Interview by Bernadette Bensuade-Vincent, 21 March 1998 at Wilmington, Delaware. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Mathias, Lon J., Vaida, Rajeev A., and Canteberry. J. B. "Nylon 6 - A Simple, Safe Synthesis of a Tough Commercial Polymer," Journal of Chemical Education, 1985, 61(9), 805.
McCoy, Michael. "DuPont, UNC Partnership Yields Teflon Investment," Chemical and Engineering News, 26 April 1999, 77, 10.
Morgan, P. W., and Kwolek, S. L. "The Nylon Rope Trick," Journal of Chemical Education 1959, 36, 182.
Sudesh, K., Abe, H., and Y. Doia. "Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Biological Polyesters," Progress in Polymer Science, 2000, 25(10), 1503.
Tobolsky, A.V., and Eiseberg, A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1959, 81, 780.
Video
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"The Age of Polymers" — part of the 26-part video series
The World of
Chemistry produced by the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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