could produce high electrical conductivity in an organic polymer. For this research, they were awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers." Polyacetylene itself did not find practical applications, but drew the attention of scientists and encouraged the rapid growth of the field. Since the late 1980s, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have emerged as an important application of conducting polymers.

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