Leading chemist's Australia Day honour a 'recognition of science'

OLED pioneer Andrew Holmes says science and technology are 'just as important cultures as the arts'

An Australian chemist who stumbled across a light-emitting plastic that could revolutionise solar technology and create printable football-field-sized televisions, says his appointment as a companion of the Order of Australia should be seen as an award for all Australian scientists.

Andrew Holmes is a professor at the Bio21 Institute and the University of Melbourne, and president of the Australian Academy of Sciences.