Paul Flory
Paul John Flory (born 19 June 1910 in Sterling, Illinois, † September 9, 1985 in Big Sur, California ) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate.
He was known for his extensive scientific activity in the field of polymer research. His research on the behavior of polymers in solution were groundbreaking. His achievements include, among others, a novel method, the presumed size of a polymer in solution to calculate ( Flory -Huggins theory ) as well as the derivation of the Flory exponent, which characterizes the motion of polymers in solutions.
To describe the position vectors of the individual atoms in macromolecules, it is often necessary to convert the Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) coordinates in general, for which normally the Flory - conversion is used. The bond in the peptide can be described, for example, with the x, y, z positions of each atom of the molecule. The Flory - conversion is obtained the same three-dimensional description of the structure of the peptide. Therefore one must the bond length, bond angles, and know the opening angle.
For his research Flory was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1974.