Young chemical engineer on cutting edge of organic polymer-based electronics

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Zhenan Bao holds samples of flexible circuit boards which combine the useful properties of semiconductors with the versatility of plastics. Bao was named a recipient of a 2006 Sloan Research Fellowship Award.
Zhenan Bao holds samples of flexible circuit boards, which combine the useful properties of semiconductors with the versatility of plastics. Bao was named a recipient of a 2006 Sloan Research Fellowship Award.

For most people, a little girl with a lollipop isn't what comes to mind when thinking of a future scientist. When she was just 4 years old, however, Zhenan Bao was conducting her first science experiment at a park in her hometown of Nanjing, China. After handing her a lollipop, Bao's father, a physicist, asked her what would happen if she threw her candy into a nearby lake. Would it sink or float?


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