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Heino Finkelmann

Heino Finkelmann is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Heino Finkelmann rather than just read about it. In short: Heino Finkelmann (born 1945) is a German chemist who works with liquid-crystalline elastomers. Biography After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technische Universität Berlin.

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Reference excerpt

Heino Finkelmann (born 1945) is a German chemist who works with liquid-crystalline elastomers.

Biography After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technische Universität Berlin. In 1975, he earned his PhD at the Paderborn University under the supervision of Horst Stegemeyer in Physical Chemistry. After three years of Postdoc under the guidance of Helmut Ringsdorf at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Finkelmann habilitated from 1978 to 1984 at the Clausthal University of Technology with the group of Günther Rehage in Physical Chemistry. From 1984 to 2010, Finkelmann was appointed Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. One of his famous works is the concept of the side chain nematic elastomers.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions 1984: Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize from the Society of German Chemists 2000: Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize 2003: Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society 2004: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Toulouse 2006: George William Gray Medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Heino Finkelmann

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Heino Finkelmann ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Heino Finkelmann

In research: Heino Finkelmann appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Heino Finkelmann in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Heino Finkelmann is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1945 births, 20th-century German chemists, 21st-century German chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Heino Finkelmann outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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What is Heino Finkelmann in simple terms?

Heino Finkelmann (born 1945) is a German chemist who works with liquid-crystalline elastomers. Biography After earning an engineering degree, Finkelmann graduated 1972 as chemist (Diplom) from Technische Universität Berlin.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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