Liquid Crystal Chemist Wins AkzoNobel UK Science Award
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - A British scientist whose work helped form the basis for flat-screen TVs, computers and mobile phone displays has won AkzoNobel's UK Science Award for 2014.
Professor John Goodby, Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of York, officially received the honor and a £50,000 prize during a ceremony held at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London on March 5.