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Place of Birth: Gießen, Hesse, Germany
About Helmut Ringsdorf
- Helmut Ringsdorf (born July 30, 1929) in Gießen, Germany is a German polymer chemist.
- His work has promoted cross-disciplinary discussions and collaborations in the field of polymer chemistry, biology, physics and medicine.
- Ringsdorf's major research works deal with the self-assembly of polymers into functional aggregates, where 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts'.
- He is known for being the first to propose covalently bonding drugs to water-soluble polymers.
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