William Lipscomb

Also known as William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

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William Lipscomb was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on chemical bonding in molecules, particularly in unusual compounds called boranes. His work advanced scientific understanding of how atoms bond together in complex molecules, which has applications in chemistry and materials science.

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Born: 1754
Died: 1832
Works: 3

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Poems and translations [by W.L.]
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Poems. By the Rev. William Lipscomb, A.M. ... To which are added translations of select Italian sonnets, from the collection of P. Nicandro Jasseus and others

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1895-04-09
Active to: 1976-01-30

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5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,673x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,036x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,541x

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name in native language: William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
Commons category: William Lipscomb
date of birth: 1919-12-09
date of death: 2011-04-11

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William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.

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