Schnell, Hermann

Gobel W (2007) Schnell, Hermann in Neue Deutsche Biographic. Dunker Humblot, Berlin... 

The original polycarbonate was discovered in 1953 by the German chemist Hermann Schnell (1916-1999), an employee at the Bayer AG chemical company. The product was discovered... 

He was awarded the Emmy Noether-Stipend of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2003 and received the Dr. Hermann Schnell (GDCh) award for the best young German scientist in the field of maaomolecular science in 2007. In 2006 he was honored with the membership of the Max-Beigmann Society and in 2009, joined the International Advisory... 

Jostkleigrewe E (ed) (1987) Makromolekulare chemie - das werk Hermann Staudingers in seiner heutigen Bedeutung, Katholische Akademie Freiburg. Schnell Steiner, Munich and Zurich... 

Polycarbonate was developed by the chemist Hermann Schnell in 1953 for Bayer AG. It is a basic polymer for a whole class of polymers with a widespread field of application. Polycarbonate is a mainly amorphous thermoplastic polymer with a very high optical transparency in the visible spectrum. Its crystalline portion is mostly less than 5%. Polycarbonates are resistant against weather and radiation, they are flammable but self-extinguishing if the ignition source is removed. They can be colored and are good electrical insulators. 

Macromolekulare Chemie—Das Werk Hermann Staudingers in Seiner Heutigen Bedeutung. Munchen Schnell und Steiner, 1967. 

First experiments yielding cyclic or oligomeric aromatic carbonates were described in 1898 as reported in Chap. 2. It took more than five decades until high molar mass polycarbonates were invented, but then this invention happened independently in two places within 8 days. Responsible for the first synthesis of poly(bisphneol-A carbonate), PAC, were Hermann Schnell and his coworker Ludwig Bottenbruch, who worked for the Bayer AG in Krefeld-Uerdingen. 

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