Giulio Natta
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Politecnico di Torino |
Giulio Natta (Italian: [ˈd͡ʒu.ljo ˈnat.ta]; 26 February 1903 – 2 May 1979) was an Italian chemical engineer and Nobel laureate. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for work on high density polymers. He also received a Lomonosov Gold Medal in 1969.[1]
Biography
Early years
Natta was born in
Career
From 1936 to 1938 he moved as a full professor and director of the Institute of Industrial Chemistry at the
Natta's work at Politecnico di Milano led to the improvement of earlier work by Karl Ziegler and to the development of the Ziegler–Natta catalyst. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for their research in high polymers.
Personal life
In 1935 Natta married Rosita Beati; a graduate in literature, she coined the terms "isotactic", "atactic" and "syndiotactic" for polymers discovered by her husband.[2] They had two children, Giuseppe and Franca. Rosita died in 1968.[1]
Natta was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1956. By 1963, his condition had progressed to the point that he required the assistance of his son and four colleagues to present his speech at the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm. Natta died in Bergamo, Italy at age 76.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "NATTA, Giulio" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 78 (2013).
- ISBN 978-94-009-2407-9.
Further reading
- doi:10.1038/280707a0.
External links
- Giulio Natta on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1963 From the Stereospecific Polymerization to the Asymmetric Autocatalytic Synthesis of Macromolecules
